- Date
- August 23, 1987, 16:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Baileyville, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8207BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13654
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - encounteredCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While performing a low level (300-400' above the ground) flight search for a remote controlled aircraft that had been lost during flight, the pilot lost control of the acft. A witness reported that the aircraft entered a 'tight left turn', and then the nose suddenly dropped and the aircraft descended into a cornfield in a 50-60 degree nose down, right wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8207B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36007
- Airframe hours
- 4,644
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis L. Moring
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- RLA · Baileyville, IL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 445 total · 414 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 15 nm away