- Date
- November 22, 1986, 18:52 local (Nov 23, 1986, 00:52 UTC)
- Place
- Camden, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N736UFCessna 177XP
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861122060089A
- Case key
- 34325
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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 pilot stated he was on approach during IMC and had the airport in sight when he flew into another cloud and had started a missed approach when he collided with a tree. He completed the missed approach and diverted to monroe, LA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736UF
- Reported as
- Cessna 177XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722788
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy Creech
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CDH · Harrell, runway 18, 6,501 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,664 total · 71 in this make and model · 3,481 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELD, 24 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.