Incident Overview
A pilot conducting landing attempts at an airport experienced a runway excursion after touching down on runway 32. During the third landing attempt, the aircraft touched down approximately one-third of the way down the 4,085-foot-long, 60-foot-wide runway. Halfway down the runway, the pilot retracted the flaps and applied heavy braking. The airplane then veered off the right side of the runway, traversed a barbed wire fence, crossed a shallow ditch, went over a road, and entered a business yard, where it collided with a pipe trailer.
Pilot Experience and Conditions
The pilot, who held 400 total flight hours, had accumulated only 7 hours in the Cessna 172. After the accident, the pilot reported having difficulty locating the windsock during the overflight and subsequently discovered that the landing was conducted with a 15-knot tail wind. The pilot expressed that a lack of experience in high-wing airplanes was a contributing factor to the accident.
Aircraft and Runway Details
The runway was 4,085 feet long and 60 feet wide. The aircraft involved was a Cessna 172, a high-wing single-engine airplane. No further details about the aircraft's registration or damage were provided in the source.