- Date
- September 6, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perham, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734GFCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13819
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Aborted landing - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot was landing on a farm field to the east. The nearest wx station was reporting wind from 220 at 5 KTS. The pilot said after touchdown his speed was too fast to stop so he elected to abort the landing. During climbout the acft struck trees and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734GF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L2269536A
- Airframe hours
- 538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vern S. Zeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1986
- Departed
- Y29 · Glencoe, MN
- Destination
- Perham, MN
- Airport
- Farm Field, runway 9, 2,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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 sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,104 total · 485 in this make and model · 980 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 56 nm away