# NTSB MKC84LA246: Cessna 305A, N6735Q, Blakesburg, IA, August 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1984, 20:20 local (Aug 11, 1984, 02:20 UTC)
- Place: Blakesburg, IA
- Coordinates: 40.960746, -92.62992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9607&lon=-92.6299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33768
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33768/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA246

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vlof) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MUSHED INTO TALL CORN OFF THE END OF THE RWY DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PLT SAID HE LANDED LONG ON THE 2170 FT TURF RWY IN CALM AIR AND DID NOT THINK HE COULD STOP SO A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. HE SAID A SEAT BELT INTERFERED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE FLAP HANDLE AND AN INCORRECT SETTING RESULTED. THE AIRSPEED AS MARGINAL WHEN THE FLAPS WERE BEING CHANGED AND AS A WING DROPPED THE PLT SAID POWER WAS REDUCED TO PREVENT A 'TORQUE ROLL.' THE PLT SAID HE SAW THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO 'MAKE IT' SO HE CONCENTRATED OF KEEPING THE WINGS LEVEL. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN THE CORN. THE PLTS TOTAL FLT EXPERIENCE IN THIS MAKE ACFT WAS REPORTED AS 37 HOURS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6735Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6735Q), registered now, S/N 22658 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Registry model: [Cessna 305A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (registry code 2074002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22658
- Airframe hours: 5478
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: George Pipes
- Registered owner: George Pipes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1984, 45 hours before
- Departed: IRK, KIRKSVILLE, MO
- Destination: 5C2
- Airport: 5C2, Antique, runway 18, 2,170 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 2,662 total, 37 in this make and model, 2,495 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840810042749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840810042749A), Aug 10, 1984: Cessna 305A, Blakesburg, IA, Substantial damage. Landed long and executed a go around too late. Aircraft mushed into tall corn off end of the runway.

## Other investigations on N6735Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA094), Nov 30, 2011: Cessna 305A (N6735Q), Fredericksburg, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a subsequent loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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