- Date
- August 14, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sallisaw, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N738XZCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850814038909A
- Case key
- 21825
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he had an electrical failure and elected to make a precautionary landing at Sallisaw municipal arpt. Equipment was on the rwy and the plt elected to land on a grass strip next to the rwy. He touched down and during rollout thought he could not stop on the strip and initiated an aborted landing. The acft collided with trees at the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738XZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270330
- Airframe hours
- 487
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Motley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- 2M3 · Sallisaw Municipal, runway 9, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 505 in this make and model · 520 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.