- Date
- October 20, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734YRCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841020057519A
- Case key
- 12937
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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
The plt attempted a landing on rwy 30 which is 85 ft higher in elev at the approach end of the rwy than the departure end. This was the plt's first flt to this arpt. The acft touched down further down the rwy than intended so the plt applied pwr to abort the landing. The plt stated the wind was gusty and that a downdraft was encountered during the climbout which resulted in the acft contacting trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734YR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269225
- Airframe hours
- 3,895
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delavan Aero Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 13, 1984 · 418 hours before
- Departed
- C59 · Delavan, WI
- Airport
- 55C · Dodgeville, runway 30, 2,750 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 67 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.