# Accident 19891229054289A: Cessna STC172, Meridian, MS, December 29, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1989, 12:00 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Airport: Key Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3794° N, 88.7101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3794&lon=-88.7101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733FK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733FK-1995-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 912 total, 852 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891229054289A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DURING VECTORS FOR ILS APPROACH. IMPACTED VERTICALLY INTO TREES.

## 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 MIA90FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA046), Dec 29, 1989: Cessna 172N (N733FK), Meridian, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL BY THE PILOT WHILE FLYING IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: THE PILOT'S APPREHENSION TOWARD INSTRUMENT FLYING AND THE ADVERSE WEATHER…

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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