Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was landing on a 30 foot wide wet grass runway. The left wingtip of the 36 foot wide airplane impacted 8 foot tall corn on the left edge of the runway and the airplane exited the left side of the runway and came to rest in the tall corn. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN13CA559 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 22, 2013
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Goodhue, Minnesota
- Nearest airport
- Sodbuster Strip (6MN7)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 182Q
- N-number
- N94303
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1978
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.