# Accident 19981127032431A: Cessna 172P, Brainerd, MN, November 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1998, 12:01 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Airport: Brainerd-Crow Wing Co -Walter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3491° N, 94.1905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3491&lon=-94.1905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52502, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52502-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981127032431A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT WAS ON FINAL AND LANDED ON TOP OF N80357. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 27, 1998, AT 1201 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N52502, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, ON COLLISION WITH A CESSNA 172M, N80357, DURING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 23 (6500' X 150' ASPHALT/DRY) AT BRAINERD-CROW WING COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR BRAINERED, MINNESOTA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING UNDER A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BARABOO WISCONSIN DELLS AIPORT, NEAR BARABOO, WISCONSIN, AT 0930, AND WAS ENROUTE TO WILLMAR, MINNESOTA.  THE PILOT OF N52502 REPORTED THAT HE WAS SIGHTSEEING OVER A LAKE LOCATED NORTH OF THE AIRPORT WHEN HE DECIDED TO LAND AT BRAINERD.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE A CALL ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF) OF 122.7 AND DID NOT HEAR ANY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.  HE THEN SELECTED THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) FREQUENCY, OBTAINED THE BRAINERD WEATHER AND THEN RESELECTED THE BRAINERD CTAF.  WHILE MAKING HIS STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE PROP ELLER MARKS ON THE TOP SIDE OF N80357. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW N52502 OVERTAKE AND LAND ON TOP OF N80357, WHICH HAD COMPLETED ITS TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 23.                                                                  (-23)  MEINARD, PILOT ON N52502, LANDED ON TOP OF SECOND AIRCRAFT, N80307, PILOTED BY VAN GELDER.  BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE JUST TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA040), Nov 27, 1998: Cessna 172P (N52502), Brainerd, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The visual lookout not obtained/maintained by the pilot of the other aircraft. Contributing factors were the unicom frequency not selected and the traffic advisory not issued by the pilot of the…

## Other reports on N52502 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930916034919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930916034919A), Sep 16, 1993: Cessna 172P (N52502), Fieldon, IL, Substantial damage. Losing power en route. Engine quit on approach to a field. Engine had broken connecting rod and worn piston pin.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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