- Date
- July 14, 1999, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Montezuma, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19752Cessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990714044119A
- Case key
- 46821
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Probable cause
the pilot inadvertently landed on the wrong runway and exceeded the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty tailwind, the fence, and the ditch.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he intended to land on runway 18, but inadvertently entered the traffic pattern and landed on runway 36. The pilot stated local winds were from 200 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 21 knots. The airplane touched down 1,000 feet down the runway and traveled off the end where it contacted a barbed wire fence and a 4 foot deep ditch prior to coming to a stop. Winds reported at Des Moines, Iowa, 47 miles west of the accident site, nine minutes after the accident, were from 200 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 22 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 14, 1999, at 1445 central daylight time, a Cessna 172L, N19752, collided with a fence and rough terrain during an overrun landing on runway 36 (2,600' x 105') at the Sig Field, Montezuma, Iowa. The private pilot and a passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was being operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight departed from Ankeny, Iowa, at 1410 cdt.
The pilot reported he made radio calls announcing that he was landing on runway 18; however, he inadvertently entered the traffic pattern for runway 36. The pilot stated that local winds were from 200 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 21 knots. He continued to report, "Without remembering the wind I continued the pattern for 36." The pilot stated the airplane touched down approximately 1,000 feet down the runway. He was unable to stop the airplane before it traveled off the end of the runway, through a barbed wire fence, and into a 4 foot deep ditch.
Winds reported at Des Moines, Iowa, 47 miles west of the accident site, at 1454 cdt, were from 200 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 22 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19752
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260722
- Airframe hours
- 7,137
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Magic Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IKV · Ankeny, IA
- Destination
- SIG
- Airport
- 7C5 · Sig Field, runway 36, 2,600 × 105 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 11 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 47 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N19752 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.