Cessna 172 N55461

Summary

On 3 November 1983 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N55461, operated by Air Pilot Aviation Charter, was involved in an accident near Osage Beach, Missouri, 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

3 November 1983 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Osage Beach, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Linn Creek-Grand Glaize (K15)

Coordinates

38.0406, -92.7000

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N55461

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Air Pilot Aviation Charter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kansas City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84LA013

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 REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS MAKING AN INSTRUMENT APCH IN HEAVY RAIN, THERE WAS A PARIAL LOSS OF ENG POWER. HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT REPORTED THAT THE ENG STILL DID NOT PROVIDE FULL POWER. HE CONTINUED THE VOR/DME APCH. WHEN HE SAW THE RWY, HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH TO LAND. REPORTEDLY, HE ENTERED A DOWNWIND & LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS ON RWY 32. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO FAST, AND THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BEGAN HYDROPLANING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, HIT A DITCH & NOSED OVER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE DECIDED NOT TO GO AROUND SINCE HE CONSIDERED THE ENG WAS UNRELIABLE & THERE WERE HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS OFF THE END OF THE RWY. HE REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 070 DEG AT 6 KTS. APRX 55 MI EAST AT ROLLA, MO, THE 1148 CDT WX WAS, IN PART: 600 SCT, 6000 OVC, VSBY 5 MI WITH FOG, WIND 160 DEG AT 10 KTS, TEMP 64, DEN POINT 62. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING COULD BE ENCOUNTERED AT CRUISE POWER WITH FLOAT TYPE CARBURETORS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.