# NTSB MKC69A0054: Cessna 172E, N5716T, Tarkio, MO, April 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1969
- Place: Tarkio, MO · TARKIO, MO
- Location: 40.4430° N, 95.3835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tarkio, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4430&lon=-95.3835&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69A0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69A0054

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1636   69/4/7    TARKIO,MO           CESSNA 172E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 181
        TIME - 2005                    N5716T              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5716T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5716T-1976-09-03), registration cancelled 1976-09-03, S/N 17251616 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Peterson

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.