# NTSB Accident CHI98FA274
> **Cessna 172M** · 1998-07-26 · BROOKLYN, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98FA274
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10480
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-07-26
- **Location:** BROOKLYN, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.099857, -84.239067
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N1461V
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The proper touchdown point was not attained and the visual lookout not being maintained by the pilot-in-command. Contributing factors to the accident were the unmarked static and transmission wires.

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