# Accident 19940411010619A: Cessna 172, Edina, MO, April 11, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1994, 14:30 local time
- Place: Edina, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1603° N, 92.1705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1603&lon=-92.1705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4253L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,539 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940411010619A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED WITH INOPERATIVE COMPASS. BECAME LOST. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD. TRIED TO DEPART BUT STRUCK TREES ON CLIMBOUT.

## 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 CHI94LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA131), Apr 11, 1994: Cessna 172 (N4253L), Edina, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot in commands' failure to obtain obstruction clearance from trees during a visual takeoff from a short, soft, wet field in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the pilot in…

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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