- Date
- November 17, 1989, 19:30 local (Nov 18, 1989, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Osage City, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20428Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891117045969A
- Case key
- 34913
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged distance and altitude to the runway while on final approach to land. Factors related to the accident were: dark night and static wires.
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 said that he had just completed a night touch-and-go landing and was on an approach for a full stop lndg. During the final approach, the pax, who was also a pvt pilot, shouted 'watch the wires' and pulled back on the control wheel. The plt applied full throttle, but the acft collided with the wires, then the terrain. The wires were about one half mile from the approach end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20428
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1726128177
- Airframe hours
- 1,204
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Westwind Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 1989 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- 53K · Osage City, KS
- Airport
- 53K · Osage City, runway 35, 2,560 × 40 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 25 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.