- Date
- September 1, 1985, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Deepwater, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3943LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850901067819A
- Case key
- 34022
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was crusing at 2,000 ft, 50 min after takeoff when the eng began running rough, lost RPM, and then quit. The plt made a forced landing in a small fld and the collided with trees during the landing roll. The investigation, which included running the eng to 1800 RPM, failed to reveal any evidence to explain the reported loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3943L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-54112
- Airframe hours
- 1,940
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn R. Sunderland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- H20 · Carthage, MO
- Destination
- 84K · Clinton, MO
- Airport
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,036 total · 256 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SZL, 31 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.