- Date
- May 3, 1978
- Place
- Sikeston, MO · SIKESTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1147VCessna R172
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780503008469A
- Case key
- 142279
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0938 78/5/3 SIKESTON,MO CESSNA R172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 483 TIME - 0440 N1147V PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIKESTON MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO SIKESTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- RWY 02 VASI OPERATIONAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1147V
- Reported as
- Cessna R172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sikeston Memorial
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.