# Accident 20030704012659A: Cessna 175, Wessingtonsprin, SD, July 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2003, 14:15 local time
- Place: Wessingtonsprin, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0625° N, 98.5111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0625&lon=-98.5111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7256M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7256M-2006-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704012659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 1415 CDT ON 7-4-03, PIC MERLYN SCHAFER WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP 1.5 MILES NORTH OF WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES F AND THERE WAS A LIGHT WEST WIND. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN FAR DOWN THE STRIP AND ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A FENCE AT THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH AND STRUCK A TREE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE AND WERE NOT INJURED, BUT A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI03LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA197), Jul 4, 2003: Cessna 175 (N7256M), Wessington Spri, SD, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot not obtaining/maintaining clearance from the barbed wire fence during the go-around. Factors to the accident were the fence, and the brush.

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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