Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N N75552

4 August 1983 · Ames, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1983 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172 N registered N75552 was involved in an accident near Ames, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport
Municipal (AMW)
Coordinates
42.0208, -93.6209
Aircraft
Cessna 172 N
Registration
N75552
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Des Moines → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC83LA178

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE CAME IN TOO FAST & OVER RAN THE RWY, THEN THE ACFT RAN INTO A DITCH & TURNED OVER. REPORTEDLY, HE LANDED ON THE LAST 20% OF THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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