Prairie Flyers TIERRA II N823PF
7 August 1988 · Prairie City, Iowa, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 7 August 1988 at about 00:17 local time, a Prairie Flyers TIERRA II registered N823PF, operated by Galen LEE Heyveld, was involved in an accident near Prairie City, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:17
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Prairie City, Iowa, United States
- Nearest airport
- Farm Field
- Coordinates
- 41.5909, -93.2308
- Aircraft
- Prairie Flyers TIERRA II
- Registration
- N823PF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Galen LEE Heyveld
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Knoxville → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC88DCD02
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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 PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A HAYFIELD AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE LANDING DUE TO ROUGH CONDITION OF FIELD. AS HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD, THE ENGINE FALTERED AND THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN. THE ABORTED LANDING WAS CONTINUED DUE TO SPEED AND OBSTRUCTIONS. AS HE CLEARED POWER LINES, THE PLANE BEGAN A STEEP UNCONTROLLED DESCENDING RIGHT TURN AND HIT THE GROUND. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT FULL POWER AT THE TIME OF THE STALL AFTER THE SHORT HESITATION IN POWER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ABORT, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 1988 | Cessna 152 | Underwood, Iowa, United States | Sky Harbor | No injuries | - |
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| 6 Sep 1988 | Cessna 152 | Burlington, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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