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CHI91LA030

1990-11-25 · MOUNT AYR, Iowa, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 1Y3

Current FAA registration · N13747

Make / Model
CESSNA 177B
Year of manufacture
1976 · 14 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760507
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A09836

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

PROPER TOUCH-DOWN POINT NOT ATTAINED AND GO-AROUND DELAYED BY THE PIC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A DOWNWIND, CROSSWIND, WEATHER EVALUATION MISJUDGED, WRONG RUNWAY SELECTED AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE BY THE PIC.

Factual narrative

THE PLT SAID THAT ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND, IN A QUARTERING DOWNWIND ENVIRONMENT, HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A TREE, THEN THE TERRAIN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_CHI91LA030.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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