- Date
- January 15, 1990, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dexter, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7726UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900115000569A
- Case key
- 34927
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his distance and altitude on final approach, and failed to reach the proper touchdown point for landing. The gusty crosswind condition was a related factor.
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 rprtd that he was landing on rwy 18 with the wind from 220 deg at 20 gusting 27 KTS. He said the acft touched down short on the 200 ft overrun. After touchdown, the acft's nosewheel struck buried railroad ties that protruded above the surface. Subsequently, the nose wheel collapsed & the firewall was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7726U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251726
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crowley Ridge Fliers Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- DXE
- Airport
- DXE · Dexter, runway 18, 4,500 × 97 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
- 86
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 482 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 20 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.