# Accident 19991208043929A: Cessna 172M, Ava, MO, December 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1999, 18:45 local time
- Place: Ava, MO
- Airport: Ava Bill Martin Memorial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9499° N, 92.6605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9499&lon=-92.6605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69LM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69LM-2004-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991208043929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC ATTEMPTED A NIGHT LANDING TO RUNWAY 13 AT AVO WITHOUT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS ACTIVATED. PIC DEPLOYED FULL FLAPS AND REDUCED THE AIRPLANES AIRSPEED TO APPROX. 50 KNOTS. ON SHORT FINAL, THE PIC HEARD THE STALL HORN AND BECAME AWARE THAT HE WAS CROSSING OVER, AND DRIFTING OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE ADDED POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS IN AN EFFORT TO GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANES RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE PIC RETARDED THE THROTTLE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED DIRT MOUNDS WHICH SEVERLY DISTORTED THE AIRPLANE'S MOTOR MOUNTS AND FIREWALL, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BOX, AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SPAR.^PRIVACY DATA OMI^

## 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 CHI00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA036), Dec 9, 1999: Cessna 172M (N69LM), Ava, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the improper in-flight decision made by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the charts/other manuals depicting the incorrect frequency, the dirt bank, and the rocks.

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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