Cessna 172N accident near Mintonville, KY
On February 2, 1995, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mintonville, KY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 2, 1995
- Place
- Mintonville, KY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.231°N, 84.760°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03009
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 2, 1995, about 1341 (all times eastern standard time), a Cessna 172N, N734KV, registered to the pilot, collided with a radio tower guy wire and crashed at Mintonville, Kentucky, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the commercial- rated pilot flight instructor and commercial-rated dual student were fatally injured. The flight originated from the St. Louis Downtown-Parks Airport, Cahokia, Illinois on February 2, 1995, about 1128. The flight was reported to be a dual instructional flight from Cahokia, Illinois, to Greensboro, North Carolina. The dual student was working toward a certified flight instructor certificate. A person who identified himself as a pilot on N734KV called the FAA St.Louis Flight Service Station (FSS) at 0823. He requested a weather briefing for a flight from Cahokia to Greensboro with an en route stop at London, Kentucky. The person was told VFR flight was not recommended. At 0859, another person who was later identified as the pilot of N734KV called the St. Louis FSS. He requested a weather briefing for the flight from Cahokia to Greensboro. The pilot was told of instrument flight rule conditions along the route of flight. Neither of these persons that called FSS filed a flight plan. Flight logs which were found in the aircraft wreckage indicated a stop was planned at London, Kentucky. The flight departed St. Louis Downtown-Parks Airport at 1057. At 1109, the pilot requested to return to the airport
Probable cause
THE FLIGHTCREW'S INTENTIONAL VFR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A FACTOR WAS THE INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO PREVENT AN INADVERTENT COLLISION WITH AN OBSTRUCTION.
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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.
