Cessna 172P N381J
19 August 2002 · Buffalo City, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 August 2002 at about 16:10 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N381J, operated by Grandview Photos, was involved in an accident near Buffalo City, Wisconsin, United States. One person was 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 16:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Buffalo City, Wisconsin, United States
- Coordinates
- 44.2517, -91.8586
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N381J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Grandview Photos
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Buffalo City → Winona
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI02LA255
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The malfunction of the seat positioning system for undetermined reasons, which resulted in the loss of directional control. A factor to the accident was the descending embankment.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported his seat slid rearward during a takeoff from a gravel road, resulting in a loss of directional control. The aircraft veered off the road and went down an embankment. The seat and its positioning system were examined. The unintentional rearward movement of the seat, as described by the pilot, could not be duplicated. The seat moved freely along the seat tracks, with the latch pins engaging the pinholes. The seat could be twisted (racked) resulting in the outboard latch pin engaging a pinhole and the failure of the inboard latch pin to engage a pinhole. If the seat was displaced in the forward direction, both latch pins engaged a pinhole.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2002 | Cessna 172F | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 21 Sep 2002 | Cessna 172RG | Del Mar, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 2002 | Cessna 172Q | Fruitland, Utah, United States | Wings of Denver | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2002 | Cessna 172K | Clarkston, Washington, United States | Huck, Barry P. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Aug 2002 | Cessna 172G | Sangerville, Maine, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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