- Date
- April 27, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Van Buren, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7921UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427014139A
- Case key
- 34168
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot states that he had been advised of utility lines on both ends of the airstrip, and that several aircraft had previously experienced landing problems there. He further states that as he initiated a go-around he was caught in a downdraft he could not fly out of and landed in some trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7921U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251921
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmer Dennis Clardy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986
- Departed
- H57 · Bismarck, MO
- Destination
- Van Buren, MO
- Airport
- Bass Rock, runway 27, 2,400 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 311 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 82 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.
Other investigations on N7921U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.