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MKC86LA013

1985-10-17 · OSAGE BEACH, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport K15

N936S has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36, built 1999), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ON FIANL APPROACH TO LAND ON RWY 14 AT THE LINN CREEK/GRAND GLAIZE AIRPORT THE PLT BEGAN TO APPLY PRW TO THE TWO ENGINES TO ARREST THE DESCENT OF THE APPROACH. THE PLT FINALLY HAD FULL PWR APPLIED BUT THE ACFT IMPACTED. THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED HE WAS SURE HE WAS COUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO FLY OUT OF IT. WIND CONDITIONS FOR THE AIRPORT INDICATED ONLY A SLIGHT HEADWIND FOR THE FIANL APPROACH. WEATHER REPORTING STATIONS FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA INDICATED WINDS BLOWING GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 9 TO 12 KNOTS. NO MECHANICAL DESCREPANCIES WAS NOTED BY THE PLT OR AS OBSERVED DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MKC86LA013.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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