- Date
- September 19, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Festus, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13568Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870919053509A
- Case key
- 34439
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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 CFI was giving inst to a pvt plt who was undergoing a biennial flt review. The pvt plt cmpltd the maneuvers and ret to the arpt. The lndg was aborted and a go-around was made. The CFI took control and executed another appch. The pvt plt was to monitor an airspd of 70 mph recmnd by the CFI as the appropriate appch spd. The CFI intended the pvt plt to follow this lead on the next lndg. The CFI adjusted flaps fm 30 to 40 deg's on short final and added some pwr to maintain 70 mph indicated. The CFI then stated he encountered what he perceived as wind shear in the vicinity of heavy woods near the rwy approach. Winds were fm 300 deg mag at 13 KTS creating a x-wind lndg component. The CFI stated that he added pwr and chgd acft pitch attitude, to arrest the descent. The acft subsequently impacted uneven terrain short of the rwy. The trees have been targeted for remvl for sometime. LCL pilots were aware of the danger, but windespread knowledge of it is not. The trees remain to this date.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13568
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62853
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tak,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tak, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1987
- Departed
- FES · Festus, MO
- Airport
- FES · Festus Muni, runway 36, 2,200 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 435 total · 128 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 32 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.