Cessna 172N N6341D

Summary

On 20 July 1987 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6341D, operated by American Christian Avia. Inc., was involved in an accident near Troy, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 July 1987 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Troy, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Troy-Oakland (PTK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6341D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Christian Avia. Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Pontiac

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI87LA174

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

THE PLT LNDD AT NGT & TAXIED THE ACFT TO A HANGAR AREA FOR A PASSENGER STOP. AFTER THE PASSENGER DEPLANED, THE PLT PROCEEDED TO MAKE A U-TURN AROUND A T-HANGAR & ONTO AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE ROAD THAT WASN'T NORMALLY USED FOR ACFT. WHILETHE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REENTER THE TAXIWAY, BY GOING BTN T-HANGARS, THE LEFT WING OF THE ACFT HIT A UTILITY POLE & WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS IN THAT AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.