# Accident 20070902017099A: Cessna 172M, Union Star, MS, September 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2007, 15:11 local time
- Place: Union Star, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7719° N, 94.9097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7719&lon=-94.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1502V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1502V-2012-10-30) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070902017099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED SOLO FROM THE ST. JOSEPH ROSECRANS AIRPORT (STJ), ST. JOSEPH, MO AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 CDT AFTER BEING INSTRUCTED BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA 10 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CDT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED CIRCLING A RESIDENTIAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF STJ NEAR UNION STAR, MO. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING ERRATICALLY, MAKING CLIMBS, DESCENTS, AND STEEP BANKED TURNS AT LOW ALTITUDE. AFTER MAKING APPROXIMATELY 8 PASSES OVER THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WITNSSES REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT MAKING A STEEP BANKED DESCENDING TURN OVER A HOUSE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND BETWEEN TWO HOUSES IN A NEARLY VERTICAL NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT, COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE MAIN FUSELAGE AREA. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL A LACK OF CONTINUITY OF CONTROL CABLES, OR ANY OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.

## 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 CHI07LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA288), Sep 2, 2007: Cessna 172M (N1502V), Union Star, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the subsequent inadvertent stall while buzzing residences. Contributing to the accident was the pilot performing buzzing maneuvers.

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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