Cessna 305A N6735Q

Summary

On 11 August 1984 at about 02:20 local time, a Cessna 305A registered N6735Q, operated by George Pipes, was involved in an accident near Blakesburg, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1984 at 02:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Blakesburg, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Antique (5C2)

Coordinates

40.9607, -92.6299

Aircraft

Cessna 305A

Registration

N6735Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

George Pipes

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kirksville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC84LA246

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.