# NTSB FTW86LA053: Cessna 172, N7341A, Sallisaw, OK, March 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Sallisaw, OK
- Coordinates: 35.46062, -94.800666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4606&lon=-94.8007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA053

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH INTO AN UNFAMILIAR AIRSTRIP HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND A TAIL WIND. HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AT A LOW ALTITUDE WITH FULL FLAPS. BEFORE SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED COULD BE REACHED AND FLAPS RETRACTED, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ALONG THE RUNWAY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7341A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7341A-1989-09-22), registration cancelled 1989-09-22, S/N 29441 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29441
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles R. Evans
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 8, 1986, 15 hours before
- Departed: GREENVILLE, TX
- Airport: Sallisaw, runway 31, 2,600 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 245 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FSM, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860329008219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329008219A), Mar 29, 1986: Cessna 172, Sallisaw, OK, Substantial damage. Strong crosswind and turbulence caused drift to right of runway. Tried to go around but settled into trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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