Cessna 175 N8217T

Summary

On 24 August 1996 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N8217T was involved in an accident near Dexter, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 August 1996 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dexter, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Private Strip

Coordinates

41.5097, -94.2206

Aircraft

Cessna 175

Registration

N8217T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA338

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate short field landing procedure/technique. The tailwind and grass runway were related factors.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was south of the private airstrip, and had lined up the airplane for a straight in landing to the north on the 1800 foot grass runway. Also, he reported that the there was a tailwind of approximately 5 knots during landing. When he applied the brakes on the grass runway, the tires began to skid. The airplane went off the end of the runway, through a fence, and impacted a ditch. The aircraft operating handbook data indicated that the airplane's landing performance was adequate for the landing runway, and the local conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.