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MKC85LA038

1984-12-26 · CARUTHERSVILLE, Missouri, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport M05

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 400 TO 500 FT AGL. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE REMAINING RWY. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, WENT THRU A FENCE, CAME TO REST ON A HIGHWAY & WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT & FIRE. NO PRE-ACCIDENT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.182% (182.2 MG/DL). Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MKC85LA038.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.