- Date
- February 24, 1988, 14:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place
- Norman, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20129Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880224003399A
- Case key
- 22453
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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.
Analysis
Pilot retracted flaps during go around and aircraft settled into trees and was destroyed. Front seat occupants were not wearing the available shoulder harnesses. The acft was landing with a quartering tailwind. Due to serious head injuries the plt never completed his acc report. A passenger reported that the plt retracted the flaps just over the trees and the acft settled into them. The investigators elevation drawing of the acc shows the acft over the trees and then descending into them. No malfunctions of the acft were reported or discovered during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20129
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261023
- Airframe hours
- 2,158
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dollar House Moving, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1987
- Departed
- OK23 · Sayre, OK
- Destination
- Norman, OK
- Airport
- Dollar Strip, runway 13, 1,800 × 75 ft, 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.