Cessna 172P N4AM

Summary

On 23 October 1982 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N4AM, operated by Dillon Flying SW, was involved in an accident near Dillon, Michigan, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 October 1982 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dillon, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N4AM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dillon Flying SW

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dillon → Dillon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

DEN83FTI02

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS DEPARTED DILLON, MT AT ABOUT 0740 MDT TO SCOUT FOR ELK IN PREPARATION FOR HUNTING THE NEXT DAY. ACCORDING TO A PASSENGER, THEY FLEW DIRECTLY TO A MOUNTAIN AREA ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY WHERE THEY SPOTTED SOME ELK. HE SAID THAT WHILE THEY WERE TURNING AROUND FOR A BETTER VIEW, THE GROUND SUDDENLY CAME UP FAST, AND THEY CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A 25 DEG RISING SLOPE AT AN ELEVATON OF ABOUT 7400 FT MSL. THREE OF THE FOUR OCCUPANTS DID NOT HAVE THEIR SEAT BELTS FASTENED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.