ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373378
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1987 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Golden Gate Aviation |
| Registration: | N98763 |
| MSN: | 17276344 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 184 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Neosho, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Springfield, MO (KSGF) |
| Tulsa, OK (KTUL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN PURCHASED & WAS BEING FERRIED FROM ST LOUIS, MO TO SAN CARLOS, CA. THE PLT RPRTD HE WAS FLYING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO TULSA, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST WX & ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEOSHO OR RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD. HE BEGAN A LEFT TURN TOWARD NEOSHO, BUT ENCTRD RISING TERRAIN, SO HE TURNED BACK TO THE RIGHT. WHILE TURNING, HE SAW A TV TOWER & MANEUVERED TO AVOID IT. HOWEVER, THE ACFT STRUCK A GUY WIRE & WAS DAMAGED, BUT CONTINUED FLYING. THE PLT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENG & MADE AN OFF-ARPT LANDING WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE. HE ESTIMATED THERE WAS A 600' CEILING WITH ONE MI VIS & WIND FROM 240 DEG AT 15 KTS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC87IA066
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 2022 | N98763 | Civil Air Patrol Inc | 2 | Kekaha, Kauai, HI | |
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| 27-Mar-2024 12:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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