- Date
- April 16, 1986, 20:00 local (Apr 17, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Garden Grove, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2502YCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860416033939A
- Case key
- 34161
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he was attempting a no-flap takeoff from his pvt strip when the wheels hit a wet spot. He said that the acft slowed down but he extended flaps and continued the takeoff. When he saw that he was running out of rwy, he aborted the takeoff but the acft continued off the rwy into a pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2502Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249802
- Airframe hours
- 3,365
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman D. Skinner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Garden Grove, IA
- Airport
- Farm Strip, runway 27, 2,200 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 350 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N2502Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.