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CHI86LA204

1986-08-17 · CHESANING, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 50G

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS MAKING HIS FIRST LANDING TO A SOD RUNWAY. WHILE DECELERATING OVER THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 6' AGL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY. HE ADDED POWER, BUT THE LANDING GEAR HIT HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL FEET BACK INTO THE AIR. HE ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT IN A SHALLOW RIGHT CLIMBING TURN. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_CHI86LA204.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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