# Accident 20030131001539A: Cessna 172S, Lakeville, MN, January 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2003, 17:02 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6278° N, 93.2281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6278&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N670CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030131001539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF CESSNA 172 WITH 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH OF ROUGH ICE AND SNOW ON ALL WING AND TAIL SURFACES. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT FLY AND DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 2/3 OF WAY FROM RUNWAY END PLOWING THROUGH 2-4 INCHES OF LOOSE SNOW FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. PILOT CLAIMS AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 500 FEET AND THEN QUIT FLYING. HE DESCENDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30 THEN VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY TO MISS A FLOCK OF GEESE. N760CS SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND BENT PROP. RESTING POINT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET SOUTH AND PARALLEL TO THE END OF RUNWAY 30. TOP OF COWL IS ALSO DENTED. PILOT TOLD AIRPORT MANAGER COWL DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY HANGAR DOOR LOWERED ONTO AIRCRAFT AND NOT RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI03LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA061), Jan 31, 2003: Cessna 172 (N670CS), Lakeville, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate removal of ice and snow during the airplane preflight, and the subsequent loss of control due to the airplane being covered with ice.

## Other reports on N670CS (1)

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

- [Accident 20190129000449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190129000449A), Jan 29, 2019: Cessna 172S (N670CS), Minden, NV, Substantial damage. Student pilot, on his first cross country flight, was departing runway 34 at kmev when at rotation he noticed a vibration. The pilot aborted the takeoff,…

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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