# Incident 19990315002549I: Cessna 210, Lake Winnibigos, MN, March 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1999, 17:45 local time
- Place: Lake Winnibigos, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9526T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9526T-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315002549I

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS DEPARTING LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM FORM 23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF HEADING 135 FROM AN ICE STRIP ON LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS, BOWSTRING COUNTY MN AT APPROX 1745 HOURS. THE ICE STRIP IS APPROX. 4000 FT. X 50 FT., WET, SLUSHY WITH RUTS.  ABOUT 200 FEET INTO TAKE OFF ROLL (30 KTS.) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FELT A HARD THUD IN HIS RUDDER PEDAL.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE PLOWED PORTION OF THE FROZEN LAKE AND INTO ONE FOOT OF HEAVY WET SNOW.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE ICE.  NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE MID 40'S THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT MAKING THE ICE STRIP USED FOR A RUNWAY EXTREMELY ROUGH, ICE SLUSH AND STANDING WATER.  THE ICE STRIP USED AS A RUNWAY, IS ALSO USED FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC RESULTING IN DEEP RUTS IN THE ICE.  I AM AWAITING MAINTENANCE RECORDS, A LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE PILOT REQUESTING RECORDS.  AN AMENDED REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

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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