- Date
- August 31, 1990, 21:45 local (Sep 1, 1990, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6434JCessna C172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900831037859A
- Case key
- 23179
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper climb rate after takeoff resulting in the aircraft colliding with trees at the departure end of the runway. Contribuing to the accident was the pilot in commands failure to account for high density altitude.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a departure from an unimproved airstrip the pilot did not correctly plan for his high gross weight, high temperatuure, and lack of winds, which resulted in the airplane failure to gain sufficient altitude to clear the objects at the departure end of the runway. The density altitude was 3,475 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6434J
- Reported as
- Cessna C172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Evans, Ronald D.
- Departed
- T40 · Mcgehee Catfish, OK
- Destination
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Airport
- T40 · Mcgehee Catfish, runway 35, 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 27 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 16 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.
Other investigations on N6434J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.