Cessna 182Q N717AT

Summary

On 13 November 2015 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N717AT was involved in an accident near Bowstring, Minnesota, United States. 4 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

13 November 2015 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bowstring, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Bowstring (9Y0)

Coordinates

47.5586, -93.8664

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N717AT

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bowstring → Bowstring

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA050

Nobody was injured.

The pilot exceeded the critical angle of attack during takeoff which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with a wind sock and terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while taking off with 20 degrees of flaps from a grass airstrip, the airplane rotated about 50 knots and climbed to an altitude of about 80 feet above the ground. The pilot reported that the airplane "seemed" not to be "making" enough power to continue to climb. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff and land directly ahead on what remained of the landing strip. While landing the airplane impacted a wind sock located about 140 feet to the left of centerline and about 500 feet short of the departure end of the runway on the left edge of the landing strip, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. In a telephone interview with the NTSB Investigator-in-charge (IIC) the pilot stated that the stall warning horn was audible during the initial climb.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.