ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360435
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 May 1994 |
| Time: | 12:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Vandenburg Air Service |
| Registration: | N3558E |
| MSN: | 17271586 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3525 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mackinac Island, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Greenville, MI (6D6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER DISCOVERING HE HAD FORGOTTEN HIS APPROACH PLATES. THE PILOT MADE A FAST APPROACH AND LANDED LONG SO AN AIRPLANE BEHIND HIM COULD LAND. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE END OF THE WET RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE.
Probable Cause: EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND A FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE WET RUNWAY AND THE FENCE WHICH WAS CONTACTED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI94LA171
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1999 | N3558E | Vsp Leasing, Inc. | 0 | Greenville, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 07:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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