# NTSB MKC83FA130: Cessna 172N, N1298F, South Fork, MO, June 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1983, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: South Fork, MO
- Location: 36.6380° N, 91.9548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Fork, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6380&lon=-91.9548&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33335/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

TAKEOFF WAS FROM A FARM STRIP 1,600 FT LONG WITH GRASS 8 TO 10 INCHES HIGH. THERE ARE TREES ABOUT 800 FT SOUTH OF THE SOUTH END OF THE STRIP. THE ACFT TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTH & MADE A LEFT TURN. AFTER TURNING ABOUT 135 DEG THE BANK ABRUPTLYSTEEPENED, THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT CRASHED IN A NEARLY VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE STALL OCCURRED AT AN ESTIMATED 100 TO 150 FT AGL. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND 10 DEG DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1298F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1298F-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 17272991, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272991
- Airframe hours: 2156
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mary Ann Lawrence
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 8, 1983, 84 hours before
- Destination: H63, WEST PLAINS, MO
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: runway 18, 1,600 ×  ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,526 total, 1,344 in this make and model, 2,374 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 19830619025459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830619025459A), Jun 19, 1983: Cessna 172N, South Fork, MO, Destroyed. Stalled in a steep climbing turn on takeoff from a grass strip. Near vertical impact with the ground.

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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