Plane Crash List

Cessna 172D N2502Y

17 April 1986 · Garden Grove, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 April 1986 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2502Y, operated by Norman D. Skinner, was involved in an accident near Garden Grove, Iowa, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 02:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Garden Grove, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport
Farm Strip
Coordinates
40.8208, -93.6001
Aircraft
Cessna 172D
Registration
N2502Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Norman D. Skinner
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Garden Grove → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MKC86LA090

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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 STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A NO-FLAP TAKEOFF FROM HIS PVT STRIP WHEN THE WHEELS HIT A WET SPOT. HE SAID THAT THE ACFT SLOWED DOWN BUT HE EXTENDED FLAPS AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RWY, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY INTO A POND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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