Cessna 172P N6155K

Summary

On 24 April 1983 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N6155K was involved in an accident near Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 April 1983 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Pleasant Muni (MOP)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N6155K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Flint → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA181

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE ON A LOCAL SIGHT-SEEING FLT, THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND AT MT PLEASANT, MI FOR LUNCH. A LOW PASS WAS MADE OVER RWY 09. THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON A SECOND APPROACH TO LAND, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS AND A LOSS OF ALTITUDE. THE PLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUCK AND BROKE A 30 FT HIGH POWER LINE APRX 900 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. AFTER HITTING THE POWER LINE, THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, THE FLT CONTROLS BECAME MUSHY, AND THE ACFT CRASH LANDED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 010 DEG AT 12 GUSTING 15 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.