- Date
- March 27, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscola, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7452MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820327006139A
- Case key
- 72885
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A landing was made on runway 27 just prior to sunset. The pilot reported that he realized he was not slowing fast enough, but due to the low altitude of the setting sun, he misjudged the length of the runway. He initiated a go-around, but did not obtain flying speed. The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway onto a soft, plowed field and overturned. Prior to this accident, the pilot had made one landing since August 1981.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7452M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55752
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E. Zalewski
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Zalewski
- Departed
- Atwood, IL
- Destination
- Firebaugh, CA
- Airport
- K96 · Tuscola Airport, runway 27, 2,660 × 24 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 8 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.