- Date
- April 12, 1987, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Nixa, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2847PLake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412060889A
- Case key
- 34285
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The normal procedure for operating at this airstrip was to always take off to the east and land to the west when winds were not excessive. Winds elsewhere in area were from southeast at 13 knots while at this strip, they were from the east at 30 knots. After approach from the east, pilot made a go-around and started a left turn and hit the top of a tree and then the terrain. The line of trees on the left side of the runway stopped after the one that the aircraft collided with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2847P
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 926
- Airframe hours
- 588
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph B. Carroll
- Registered owner
- Joseph B. Carroll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 27, 2,300 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 125 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 10 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.