Cessna 172H N8229L

Summary

On 6 August 1985 at about 20:20 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N8229L was involved in an accident near Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1985 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Gutzmer's Twin Oaks (WI09)

Coordinates

42.8308, -88.7303

Aircraft

Cessna 172H

Registration

N8229L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oshkosh → Whitewater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA341

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE PLANNED TO USE MAX PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF PROCEDURES OUT OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR THE TAKEOFF. AFTER BRAKE RELEASE THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE SOD RWY.ACCELERATION CONTINUED, BUT ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HIS AIRSPEED INCREASE SEEMED SLUGGISH. AT 60 MPH AND 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY HE BEGAN ABORT PROCEDURES. BEFORE HE COULD GET THE ACFT STOPPED, IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND INTO A DIRT EMBANKMENT. THE PLT LATER STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE USED SOME KIND OF SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF, BUT THE OWNER'S MANUAL ONLY DESCRIBED NORMAL AND MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF TECHNIQUES. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON RWY 18, WHICH IS 2500 FT LONG. AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 82 DEGS F.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.