- Date
- September 21, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46175Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921063419A
- Case key
- 34039
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was aware of the IFR conditions enroute but was not expecting them so soon. When he was within four minutes of his landing airport, the weather turned very bad but he decided to continue. Visibility was so bad that he had to turn to miss the hangar complex. He touched down on the runway as he crossed it, climbed over trees and stalled into a planted field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46175
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257090
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne C. Peel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BIE · Beatrice, NE
- Destination
- H19 · Bowling Green, MO
- Airport
- 82K · Municipal, runway 35, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,069 total · 345 in this make and model · 948 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJT, 25 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.