Plane Crash List

Cessna 172L N19752

14 July 1999 · Montezuma, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 July 1999 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N19752 was involved in an accident near Montezuma, 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.

The record

Date
at 19:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Montezuma, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport
Sig Field (7C5)
Coordinates
41.5795, -92.5198
Aircraft
Cessna 172L
Registration
N19752
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Ankeny → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI99LA237

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

the pilot inadvertently landed on the wrong runway and exceeded the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty tailwind, the fence, and the ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported he intended to land on runway 18, but inadvertently entered the traffic pattern and landed on runway 36. The pilot stated local winds were from 200 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 21 knots. The airplane touched down 1,000 feet down the runway and traveled off the end where it contacted a barbed wire fence and a 4 foot deep ditch prior to coming to a stop. Winds reported at Des Moines, Iowa, 47 miles west of the accident site, nine minutes after the accident, were from 200 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 22 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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