# Accident 19860427014139A: Cessna 172F, Van Buren, MO, April 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1986, 10:30 local time
- Place: Van Buren, MO
- Airport: Bass Rock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0143° N, 91.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Buren, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0143&lon=-91.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7921U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7921U-1992-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 211 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC86LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860427014139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT HIT TREES DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. PILOT CLAIMED TURBULENCE CAUSED CRASH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC86LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA097), Apr 27, 1986: Cessna 172F (N7921U), Van Buren, MO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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