Accident Cessna 185F N1728R, Saturday 21 July 2001

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Date:	Saturday 21 July 2001
Time:	18:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 185F
Owner/operator:	Mark Daily
Registration:	N1728R
MSN:	18502449
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	4148 hours
Engine model:	Teledyne Cont IO-520-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Visalia, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Visalia Airport, CA (VIS/KVIS)
Destination airport:	Exeter, CA (063)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot noticed the cylinder head temperature rising. He decided to make a precautionary landing at a friend's grass strip where he had landed before. During the landing roll on the 45-foot-wide runway, the left wing tip contacted 12-foot-high corn stalks. The airplane veered to the left, departed the runway, and overturned. The right main landing gear sheared off when the airplane hit a berm.

Probable Cause: The pilot failed to maintain clearance from crops which bordered the narrow runway.

Accident investigation: