# Accident 20000921011719A: Cessna 172, Buffalo, MO, September 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2000, 18:55 local time
- Place: Buffalo, MO
- Airport: Buffalo Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6402° N, 93.0909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6402&lon=-93.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7353A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7353A-2012-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000921011719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 WITH FULL FLAPS. HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND NY ADDING FULL POWER (CARB HEAT LEFT ON ) AND RETRACTING THE FLAPS. HE HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN, AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT. N7353A IMPACTED THE GROUND APPORX. 300 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY IN AN OPEN AREA OD THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THE THREE OCCUPANTS EGRESSED THE AIRPLANE WITH VARIOUS BRUISES AND SMALL LACERATIONS. THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE. DAMAGE TO A/C CONSISTED OF A CRUMPLED RIGHT WING, NOSECOWLING, RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR, AND LEFT WING TIP.

## 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 CHI00LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA305), Sep 21, 2000: Cessna 172 (N7353A), Buffalo, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall during a go-around. Factors relating to this accident were the student pilot's improper in-flight decisions and his failure to raise the flaps during the go around.

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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