Cessna 172F accident near Miami, MO
On June 21, 1993, a Cessna 172F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Miami, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 21, 1993
- Place
- Miami, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.319°N, 93.219°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12550
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 21, 1993, time unknown, a Cessna 172F airplane, N5461R, owned and piloted by David R. Eldridge descended to ground collision on a farmstead near Miami, Missouri. The solo pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions existed throughout daylight hours. The aircraft departed Liberty, Missouri about 0745 en route to Illinois where the pilot intended aerial photography. No flight plan was filed; the flight operated under 14 CFR 91. N5461R radioed the Flight Service Station in Columbia, Missouri about 0755, reporting its position 20 miles northeast of Kansas City, headed to St. Louis, Missouri. The pilot had been engaged in photographing land, buildings and farmsteads. The photographs would be offered for sale to landowners and occupants. The operator of an agricultural spraying service at Carrollton, Missouri recounted a white-and-red Cessna airplane landed there the morning of June 21. An employee saw the airplane parked near the line shack, outside which is a public telephone. A man in T-shirt and blue jeans stood near the airplane for several minutes, got in and departed. A business associate recounted receiving a message on his answering machine from the pilot on June 21 at 0845: the pilot stated there was rain in St. Louis and he was going elsewhere to photograph. The associate knew of no alternate shooting locations in Missouri; he said the crash vicinity had been worked by others and was sold out. From flights he accompanied the accident pilot on, the associate described the pilot's method was to fly 500
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
