# NTSB MIA87LA132: Cessna 172M, N12497, Clarksdale, MS, March 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1987, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Clarksdale, MS
- Coordinates: 34.200061, -90.570396 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2001&lon=-90.5704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31892
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31892/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA132

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,static
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER A DRIED UP LAKE BED THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED TELEPHONE WIRE. A LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD WHERE DAMAGED WAS INSPECTED. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO TAKEOFF AND RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12497](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12497-1997-08-01), registration cancelled 1997-08-01, S/N 17262021 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262021
- Airframe hours: 6230
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jack Wall Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner: Jack Wall Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 29, 1986
- Departed: CKM, CLARKSDALE, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 2,300 total, 170 in this make and model, 2,433 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MEM, 27 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870328014549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328014549A), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna 172M, Clarksdale, MS, Substantial damage. The vertical stabilizer struck a wire during low altitude operations. Pilot landed safely, then took off again.

## Other investigations on N12497 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA84LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA100), Mar 8, 1984: Cessna 172 M (N12497), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage

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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