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Cessna 172P N55121

28 June 1997 · Fowlerville, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 June 1997 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N55121 was involved in an accident near Fowlerville, Michigan, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Fowlerville, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport
Maple Grove (65G)
Coordinates
42.6609, -84.0707
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N55121
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Howell → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI97LA189

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

failure of the pilot to either attain proper touchdown point for landing or go around while he had sufficient airspeed and runway remaining.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that this was the first time he had flown the airplane with three passengers. He said that he allowed the airplane to land about 700' from the departure end of the 3,040' runway. Also, he indicated that the brakes would not stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane overran the end of the runway and went into a crop field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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