Accident Cessna 175 N8217T, Saturday 24 August 1996

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Date:	Saturday 24 August 1996
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 175
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N8217T
MSN:	17556917
Year of manufacture:	1960
Engine model:	Continental GO-300-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Dexter, IA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot reported that he was south of the private airstrip, and had lined up the airplane for a straight in landing to the north on the 1800 foot grass runway. Also, he reported that the there was a tailwind of approximately 5 knots during landing. When he applied the brakes on the grass runway, the tires began to skid. The airplane went off the end of the runway, through a fence, and impacted a ditch. The aircraft operating handbook data indicated that the airplane's landing performance was adequate for the landing runway, and the local conditions.

Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate short field landing procedure/technique. The tailwind and grass runway were related factors.

Accident investigation: