Cessna 172N N734YR

Summary

On 20 October 1984 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N734YR was involved in an accident near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 October 1984 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Dodgeville (55C)

Coordinates

42.9591, -90.1303

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N734YR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Delavan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA022

2 people were seriously injured.

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 ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RWY 30 WHICH IS 85 FT HIGHER IN ELEV AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY THAN THE DEPARTURE END. THIS WAS THE PLT'S FIRST FLT TO THIS ARPT. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN FURTHER DOWN THE RWY THAN INTENDED SO THE PLT APPLIED PWR TO ABORT THE LANDING. THE PLT STATED THE WIND WAS GUSTY AND THAT A DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE CLIMBOUT WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACFT CONTACTING TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.