# NTSB MKC79FCA07: Aerostar 600A, N7541S, Cabool, MO, January 10, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 10, 1979
- Place: Cabool, MO · CABOOL, MO
- Location: 37.1260° N, 92.1040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cabool, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1260&lon=-92.1040&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC79FCA07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0049  79/1/10    CABOOL,MO           AEROSTAR 600A       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 8500
        TIME - 1440                    N7541S              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CABOOL MEMORIAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JOPLIN,MO                   CABOOL,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7541S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7541S-2018-02-28), registration cancelled 2018-02-28, S/N 600172076, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR 600A
- Registry model: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cabool Memorial

## 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 19790110000609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790110000609A), Jan 10, 1979: Piper 600ASMITH, Cabool, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot hit a 2 foot snow bank which had been piled up on end of rwy by snow plow

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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