- Date
- May 12, 1984, 16:23 local (21:23 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N758CCCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512018169A
- Case key
- 12607
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Lack of recent experienceFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - approach light/navaidFactor
Analysis
The plt was in the process of buying the Cessna 172. He took off on a local flt and after doing some airwork, he returned to the arpt. On final apch to rwy 27L, the acft was observed at a low alt. It continued descending and collided with microwave landing equipment short of the rwy. The plt had made only 3 landing since 10/7/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758CC
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glen Priebe
- Registered owner
- Classic Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 27L, 3,909 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 5,800 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.