- Date
- August 24, 1992, 22:50 local (Aug 25, 1992, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Marquette, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N738HMCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920824032989A
- Case key
- 15308
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude during the approach.
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.
Analysis
The pilot took off at 0400 and flew 3 hours to the location of the mechanic who performed annual inspections on his airplane. The pilot expressed an intent to obtain the inspection and return the same day. On the return flight, he commenced an approach to home field at 2245 with with weather below approach minima in fog. The airplane collided with trees 4 miles from the runway, close to approach centerline and heading.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738HM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269990
- Airframe hours
- 1,299
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weber, Edward
- Registered owner
- Weber, Edward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 2IN6 · Butler, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MQT · Marquette County, runway 8, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 980 total · 550 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQT, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.