Cessna 172N N6339F

Summary

On 6 September 1982 at about 01:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6339F, operated by Wayne Collins Merle Nelson, was involved in an accident near Lake of the Oza, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1982 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake of the Oza, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.3000, -92.8192

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6339F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wayne Collins Merle Nelson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gravois Mills → Gravois Mills

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82FCG19

2 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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT MADE A LOW PASS AT A COVE, THEN FLEW OUT OVER THE WATER, TURNED AND FLEW BACK AT LOW ALTITUDE. DURING A SECOND LOW PASS, IT STRUCK ELECTRICAL CABLES THAT CROSSED THE COVE. AFTER HITTING THE CABLES, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA. THE SURVIVING PASSENGER STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING PICTURES AND WAS LOOKING OUT THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, THUS HE DID NOT SEE THE CABLES BEFORE IMPACT. THE PASSENGER LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER IN ONE OF THE HOUSES NEAR THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PILOT'S BLOOD REVEALED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.162%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.