- Date
- July 21, 1972
- Place
- North Freedom, WI · NORTH FREEDOM, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5885RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167504
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2521 72/7/21 NORTH FREEDOM,WIS CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 93 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N5885R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRAIRIE DU SAC WIS NORTH FREEDOM,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- PILOT DEMONSTRATED A LACK OF JUDGEMENT AND TRAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5885R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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