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Cessna 172A N7189T

20 June 1987 · Tomah, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 June 1987 at about 13:25 local time, a Cessna 172A registered N7189T was involved in an accident near Tomah, Wisconsin, 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.

The record

Date
at 13:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Tomah, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport
Tomah Bloyer (Y72)
Coordinates
43.9796, -90.5000
Aircraft
Cessna 172A
Registration
N7189T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Tomah → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI87FA149

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 2 1 0 0

Probable cause

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 PILOT HAD FLOWN A CLOSED PATTERN AND WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDING. A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT BOUNCE AND THEN INITIATE A GO AROUND. THE SURVIVING PAX SAID THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING 'A LONG TIME.' AT MIDPOINT OF DOWNWIND LEG THE ACFT STALLED OUT. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL DIVE. POST ACC TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED IT WAS CAPABLE OF NORMAL OPERATION. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ACFT WERE FOUND. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND SET AT 20 DEGREES DOWN OSITION. THE CARB HEAT CONTROL WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH SO ITS SETTING COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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