# Accident 19920617020759A: Rkwell NA265, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 17, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1992, 10:20 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8750° N, 91.6964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8750&lon=-91.6964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50CR-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-50 (registry code 6402610, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT12A series (registry code 52056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt12a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA265
- Reported engine: PWA JT12A8
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,306 total, 1,619 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920617020759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OVERSHOT RUNWAY LANDING IN STRONG TAILWIND. IMPACTED ELEVATED SERVICE ROAD TEST FLIGHT FOR IFR. INSTRUMENTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI92LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA181), Jun 17, 1992: North American NA-265-50 (N50CR), Cedar Rapids, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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