Cessna A185F N30CM

Summary

On 1 July 2003 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N30CM was involved in an accident near Eveleth, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 July 2003 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Eveleth, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Harbor (9Y5)

Coordinates

47.4597, -92.4767

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N30CM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manitowish Wate → Eveleth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI03LA190

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance resulting in an overrun. Factors were the ditch embankment, and the tailwind component.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the grass runway and hit a ditch embankment. The pilot reported that on the final landing attempt he landed past a mower that had cleared the runway about 1/4 of the way down the length of the runway. He stated that he touched down past the halfway point on the runway and was too fast to stop on the grass runway, subsequently impacting the ditch embankment. The pilot reported no mechanical difficulties with the airplane. The tailwind component was calculated to be 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.