Ryan ST-A N17351

Summary

On 10 August 1985 at about 14:30 local time, a Ryan ST-A registered N17351 was involved in an accident near Versailles, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 August 1985 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Versailles, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.4292, -92.8400

Aircraft

Ryan ST-A

Registration

N17351

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Boonville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA180

1 person 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

THE PLT OF ANOTHER (ACCOMPANYING) ACFT, HAD BRIEFED THE PLT OF N17351, ON WX THAT COULD BE EXPECTED EN ROUTE. INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE OTHER ACFT AS HE HAD BEEN BRIEFED, THE PLT OF N17351 GOT IN THE LEAD. WHILE EN ROUTE, HE WAS OBSERVED TO FLY UNDER THE EDGE OF CLOUDS FROM WHICH HE DID NOT RETURN. A GROUND WITNESS SAW HIM COME OUT OF A LOW CEILING IN APRX A 45 DEG NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE & IMPACT IN AN OPEN FIELD. NEITHER THE ACFT NOR THE PLT WERE CERTIFIED FOR FLT IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.