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MKC86FA080

1986-04-05 · HANNIBAL, Missouri, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HAE

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THE STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND COMPONENT IN EXCESS OF 15 KNOTS. HE USED A CRAB ANGLE ON FINAL BUT AS THE ACFT APCH THE RWY HE APPLIED RUDDER. HE SAID, WITH FULL RUDDER THE ACFT WAS STILL NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RWY AND HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE THEN APPLIED FULL PWR BUT FAILED TO RELEASE LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND THE ACFT ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT. THERE WERE TREES AHEAD AND WHEN THE PLT TRIED TO CLIMB TO CLEAR THE TREES THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED. THE STUDENT'S CFI FURNISHED THE STUDENT WITH AN ARPT ADVISORY BEFORE HE BEGAN THE APCH. THE WINDS FURNISHED IN THE ADVISORY SHOWED A RIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MKC86FA080.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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