- Date
- February 18, 1989, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6894HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890218002599A
- Case key
- 14326
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point and to maintain adequate visual lookout during the landing.
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 terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Landing gear,main gear - failure,partial
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6894H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265633
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heetco Jet Center, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1988 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- UIN · Quincy, IL
- Airport
- UIN · Quincy Municipal, runway 4, 7,097 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 53 in this make and model · 67 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.