Cessna 182 N7331Q

Summary

On 22 September 1997 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N7331Q was involved in an accident near Dassel, Minnesota, 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

22 September 1997 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dassel, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip

Coordinates

45.0792, -94.2992

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N7331Q

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

CHI97LA307

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the airstrip. Factors associated with the accident were the high vegetation which skewed the pilot's visual perception of threshold, and the embankment which the airplane contacted.

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

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The airplane contacted an embankment prior to the threshold of the sod runway on a private airstrip as the pilot was practicing a short field landing. He reported that the grass prior to the threshold had not been mowed and it was long enough to hide the embankment, giving him the impression that the runway was lower than it actually was.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.