# NTSB FTW88FA162: Cessna 172P, N99144, Marietta, OK, September 5, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Marietta, OK
- Coordinates: 33.930133, -97.120307 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9301&lon=-97.1203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88FA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22563/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA162

## 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)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99144-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N 17276410 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276410
- Airframe hours: 1653
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880905037039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880905037039A), Sep 5, 1988: Cessna 172P, Marietta, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Elected to go around on a downwind landing. Began a turnout, hit trees on a hill and hit nose down in a parking lot

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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