- Date
- May 4, 1989, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wentzville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5092DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890504010779A
- Case key
- 34784
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, and his failure to maintain clearance from the power lines. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's selection of the wrong runway, the adverse weather conditions, the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during the landing, and the location of the power lines.
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 plt said that due to marginal VFR wx & rain, he elected to land at an en route arpt to wait for an improvement in the wx. He landed with a quartering tailwind. Once on the rwy, he felt he could not stop in the remaining distance. He elected to abort the landing, but was unable to gain sufficient altitude to clear power lines north of the arpt. After hitting the power lines, the acft crashed onto a parking lot. The plt said he could not locate the windsock & was unaware of the wind condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5092D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272418
- Airframe hours
- 1,568
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schye, Brenda K.
- Registered owner
- Bischke, Marlyn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Destination
- MO50
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- M050 · Wentzville, runway 36, 2,395 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 159 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 20 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.