Cessna 172 N7101T

Summary

On 20 July 1996 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7101T was involved in an accident near Emily, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 July 1996 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Emily, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Emily Airport

Coordinates

46.7502, -93.9601

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7101T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Willmar → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA249

Nobody was injured.

the pilot misjudged his altitude and distance to the runway on final approach, and he failed to maintain obstacle clearance during landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the parked car.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing, the airplane's left main landing gear hit the roof of a stock car that had been parked on the access road to a grass airstrip. After impacting the car, the airplane landed hard, and the landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded off the runway, and hit a tree. The pilot reported he saw automobiles parked on the grass airstrip and thought he had enough room to land. Also, he reported that the runway was lined with trees and that the airplane dropped 'quit quickly' when the airplane got below the tree line. The entire length of the 2,000' grass runway was available beyond where the automobiles were parked.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.