- Date
- March 7, 1987, 17:05 local (Mar 8, 1987, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kahului, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6353FCessna 172C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870307061879A
- Case key
- 25535
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees while manuevering in mountainous terrain. The plt had planned a local flight from honolulu to maui and return. Once over the island of maui, the plt notified the fss that he was changing his route and would be passing through the island's central valley from n to s. after talking to the fss he decided to overfly a 10,000 ft mountain to shorten his route. As he approached the mountain he realized the terrain was rising faster than the acft's climb. The plt turned left to avoid a collision with the terrain and the acft landing gear struck a tree at the 4,500 ft level. The acft airspeed was aprx 55 KTS while in a 15 to 20 bank. The plt elected to land in the trees. The acft systems were examined and the following deficiencies were noted; the no. 3 lead on the left hand magneto was cut, the camshaft lobes were extremely worn, and all lifter faces extremely pitted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6353F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273198
- Airframe hours
- 2,666
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eveland Aero
- Registered owner
- Eveland, Chacy R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 3, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,394 total · 2 in this make and model · 2,337 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGG, 13 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.