- Date
- July 23, 1971
- Place
- Lowden, IA · LOWDEN, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78842Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2636 71/7/23 LOWDEN,IOWA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 121 TIME - 1045 N78842 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESCO,IOWA LOWDEN,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- ACFT RAN OFF END OF RWY,HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78842
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lowden
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