# NTSB MKC87LA024: Cessna 177XP, N736UF, Camden, AR, November 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 22, 1986, 18:52 local (Nov 23, 1986, 00:52 UTC)
- Place: Camden, AR
- Coordinates: 33.559303, -92.840774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5593&lon=-92.8408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA024

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr)
  - descent - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736UF), registered now, S/N R1722793, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177XP
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1722788
- Airframe hours: 900
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861122060089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861122060089A), Nov 22, 1986: Cessna R172K, Camden, AR, Substantial damage. The plane struck a tree during missed approach conducted at night in IFR conditions. Radar vectored to alternate.

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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