- Date
- September 25, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2866QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34644
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student pilot said he was practicing short field takeoffs from his pasture, when he stalled shortly after takeoff. The aircraft fell uncontrolled to the terrain causing substantial damage to the wings, fuselage and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2866Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259866
- Airframe hours
- 448
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Clevenger, Robert A.
- Registered owner
- Clevenger, Robert A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Cameron, MO
- Airport
- Farm Pasture
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F