Cessna 175 N6733E

Summary

On 27 March 1984 at about 20:35 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N6733E was involved in an accident near Portage, Michigan, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 March 1984 at 20:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Portage, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.1994, -85.5604

Aircraft

Cessna 175

Registration

N6733E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Coldwater → Traverse City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA142

3 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

DURING A RETURN FLT TO TRAVERSE CITY, MI, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT 'TREE TOP' & 'ROOF HEIGHT'. IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MANEUVERING. IT ENTERED A DIVE A TREE TOP LEVEL, THEN MADE A SWEEPING 270 DEG TURN TO ABOUT 500 FT AGL. AS IT WAS MANEUVERING, THE ACFT ENTERED A STEEP LEFT BANK, THEN THE RIGHT WING DROPPED & THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN & CRASHED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE ACFT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE LOADED TO A WT OF 2420 LBS. THE MAX AUTHORIZED GROSS WT WAS 2350 LBS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.