# Accident 20140911016469A: Cessna 172M, Oxford, WI, September 11, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, WI
- Airport: Polish Paradise
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7422° N, 89.7161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7422&lon=-89.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3510Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3510Q-2018-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA496](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA496) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140911016469A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 2300Z ON 9/11/2014, N3510Q WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE POLISH PARADISE AIRPORT (WS02) NEAR OXFORD, WI. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETING A ONE HOUR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM THE JOHN H. BATTEN AIRPORT (KRAC) IN RACINE, WI. VMC EXISTED ALONG THE ROUTE, AND AT THE DESTINATION, WITH WINDS BEING REPORTED AS 350@10 AT BARABOO (KDLL) 13NM TO THE SOUTH.

THE POLISH PARADISE AIRPORT HAS A SINGLE GRASS RUNWAY, 18/36, AND IS 40? X 3000?. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FIELD, ON BOTH SIDES, FOR THE FIRST 800?. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED ON A STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 36, WITH A SLIGHT LEFT CRAB FOR THE CROSSWIND. THE MISHAP PILOT REPORTED CROSSING THE FIELD BOUNDARY AT 60 KTS ON PROFILE FOR A NORMAL APPROACH. UPON DESCENDING BELOW THE TREELINE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF WIND EFFECT, AND THE PILOT WAS SLOW TO CORRECT. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT, AND THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, INDUCING A DRAMATIC LEFT YAW, WITH A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING WEST, IN THE VEGETATION, APPROXIMATELY 300? NORTH OF THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE TREES. THE MISHAP PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS WINGS AND FUSELAGE.

## 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 CEN14CA496](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA496), Sep 11, 2014: Cessna 172M (N3510Q), Oxford, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not compensate for the decrease in the crosswind when he descended below the tree line during the landing.

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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