- Date
- December 22, 1987, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Staunton, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78705Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14025
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateFactor
Clearance - inadequateFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During the flare for landing the aircraft drifted to the right and the right wingtip contacted the rudders of two aircraft parked with their tails 21' and 23' from the centerline of the runway. The wingspan of the accident aircraft is 35'9'. Had the pilot been able to land on the centerline there would have been 3' clearance. All three aircraft were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78705
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257725
- Airframe hours
- 5,598
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ernest W. Short
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1987 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- CPS · Cahokia, IL
- Airport
- 9H8 · Willhoit, runway 27, 1,600 × 20 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 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 197 in this make and model · 230 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALN, 13 nm away