# NTSB MKC87FA036: Cessna 152, N67580, Berryman, MO, January 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 5, 1987, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Berryman, MO
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34277
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87FA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34277/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA036

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - object - tree(s)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67580-1989-04-04), registration cancelled 1989-04-04, S/N 15281926 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281926
- Airframe hours: 4174
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870105000179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870105000179A), Jan 5, 1987: Cessna 152, Berryman, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft struck trees. The pilot was inexperienced but properly rated. No mechanical cause was noted.

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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