Cessna 172C N6353F

Summary

On 8 March 1987 at about 03:05 local time, a Cessna 172C registered N6353F, operated by Eveland Aero, was involved in an accident near Kahului, Hawaii, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 March 1987 at 03:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Kahului, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

20.8701, -156.4491

Aircraft

Cessna 172C

Registration

N6353F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Eveland Aero

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Honolulu → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA137

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE MANUEVERING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE PLT HAD PLANNED A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM HONOLULU TO MAUI AND RETURN. ONCE OVER THE ISLAND OF MAUI, THE PLT NOTIFIED THE FSS THAT HE WAS CHANGING HIS ROUTE AND WOULD BE PASSING THROUGH THE ISLAND'S CENTRAL VALLEY FROM N TO S. AFTER TALKING TO THE FSS HE DECIDED TO OVERFLY A 10,000 FT MOUNTAIN TO SHORTEN HIS ROUTE. AS HE APPROACHED THE MOUNTAIN HE REALIZED THE TERRAIN WAS RISING FASTER THAN THE ACFT'S CLIMB. THE PLT TURNED LEFT TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN AND THE ACFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK A TREE AT THE 4,500 FT LEVEL. THE ACFT AIRSPEED WAS APRX 55 KTS WHILE IN A 15 TO 20 BANK. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN THE TREES. THE ACFT SYSTEMS WERE EXAMINED AND THE FOLLOWING DEFICIENCIES WERE NOTED; THE NO. 3 LEAD ON THE LEFT HAND MAGNETO WAS CUT, THE CAMSHAFT LOBES WERE EXTREMELY WORN, AND ALL LIFTER FACES EXTREMELY PITTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.