# NTSB MKC85LA196: Cessna 172 M, N6982H, Gravois Mills, MO, August 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1985, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Gravois Mills, MO
- Location: 38.2995° N, 92.8250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gravois Mills, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2995&lon=-92.8250&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34016/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA196

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - abort - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTS THAT HE BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ON RWY 07 WHICH IS 2550 FT LONG, HAS AN ASPHALT SURFACE AND A DOWNHILL SLOPE.  PLT SAID THE RWY IS ROUGH.  HE SAID THE ACFT DID NOT ACHIEVE THE SPEED DESIRED AND HE REDUCED POWER TO ABORT. HE THEN DECIDED TO ATTEMPT THE TAKEOFF AGAIN AND READVANCED THE THROTTLE.  THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BUT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES OFF THE END OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6982H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6982H-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 17265680, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265680
- Airframe hours: 2235
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glueck Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 31, 1985, 25 hours before
- Destination: CPS, EAST ST. LOUIS, MO
- Airport: 04K, Wulff Harbor, runway 7, 2,550 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 359 total, 53 in this make and model, 294 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JEF, 36 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 19850829044169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850829044169A), Aug 29, 1985: Cessna 172M, Gravois Mills, MO, Destroyed. Started to abort downwind takeoff but changed his mind. Lifted off and stalled into trees beyond powerlines.

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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