- Date
- February 26, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734DRCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890226002589A
- Case key
- 22840
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to select the proper runway, which resulted in a downwind landing and an overrun of the runway. The gusty tailwind, ditch, and railing (fence) were factors.
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.
Overrun
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734DR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268778
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steffen, Thomas E.
- Departed
- 8F7 · Decatur, TX
- Destination
- T40
- Airport
- 8F7 · Mcgehee Catfish, runway 17, 2,450 × 60 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 18 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.