Plane Crash List

Cessna 185F N1728R

22 July 2001 · Visalia, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 July 2001 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 185F registered N1728R, operated by Mark Daily, was involved in an accident near Visalia, California, United States. One person was 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 01:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Visalia, California, United States
Nearest airport
Private (NONE)
Coordinates
36.2897, -119.3807
Aircraft
Cessna 185F
Registration
N1728R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Mark Daily
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Visalia → Exeter
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX01LA257

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot failed to maintain clearance from crops which bordered the narrow runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot noticed the cylinder head temperature rising. He decided to make a precautionary landing at a friend's grass strip where he had landed before. During the landing roll on the 45-foot-wide runway, the left wing tip contacted 12-foot-high corn stalks. The airplane veered to the left, departed the runway, and overturned. The right main landing gear sheared off when the airplane hit a berm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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