- Date
- January 5, 1987, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Berryman, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67580Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870105000179A
- Case key
- 34277
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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 flew into trees and terrain in normal cruise flt. There were no problems found with the acft during post acc invest. The autopsy and toxicology revealed no evidence that could be considered as casual. Wx was not considered to be a problem. The flt was to be a local operation for one & a half hrs. The accident occurred after aprx 40 minutes of flt. There were no known communications with the acft during the flt. There were no known witnesses to the accident. Accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67580
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281926
- Airframe hours
- 4,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roederer Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 25, 1986 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 47 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.