- Date
- September 5, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99144Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880905037039A
- Case key
- 22563
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to land on rwy 17 with wind from 300 degrees at 6 knots. During the second go-around the airplane's left wing struck a tree at a point 30 feet above the ground and the aircraft ended up inverted in a parking lot. Plt stated he had landed at this airport about eight times prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99144
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276410
- Airframe hours
- 1,653
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Qualiflight Training
- Registered owner
- John D And Christa J Mars
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1988 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- T40
- Airport
- T40 · Mcgehee Catfish Rest., runway 17, 2,450 × 55 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 363 total · 147 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °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.