Cessna 150 N17297

Summary

On 17 December 1983 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N17297 was involved in an accident near Clinton, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 December 1983 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Clinton, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Clinton Mem (84K)

Coordinates

38.3708, -93.7597

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N17297

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pleasant Hill → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

MKC84LA039

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT TOOK OFF FROM PLEASANT HILL, MO TO LOOK FOR RELATIVES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN SURVIVORS OF AN OVERTURNED BOAT. AFTER SEARCHING A LAKE, HE ELECTED TO LAND AT CLINTON, MO. THE ARPT AT CLINTON WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION & THE RWY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW & ICE. A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED, BUT THE PLT WAS NOT AWARE THE RWY WAS CLOSED. WHILE LANDING ON A MOONLIT NIGHT, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BROKE THRU THE SNOW CRUST & THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT STATED THAT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, HE SAW SHADOWS FROM THE LANDING LIGHT ON UNEVEN TERRAIN. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE & TOUCHED DOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.