# Accident 20190102000079A: Cessna 172M, Appleton, MN, January 2, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2019, 13:10 local time
- Place: Appleton, MN
- Airport: Appleton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2275° N, 96.0044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2275&lon=-96.0044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12181, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12181) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 13 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190102000079A

## Narrative

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

THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE STUDENT PILOT (SP) WAS WARNED BY RELATIVES THAT HE WAS GOING TO VISIT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT THERE WAS GROUND ICE ON THE ROADS IN APPLETON, MN.  ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT THE SP SPOKE WITH DESTINATION AIRPORT PERSONNEL (KAQP) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SOME ICE ON THE RUNWAY.  THE SP AND THE CFI MET AT THEIR HOMEFIELD KOEO FOR A PREFLIGHT BRIEFING.  WEATHER WAS VFR, WITH WINDS 230/10 AT DESTINATION KAQP.  THE SP AND CFI DISCUSSED THE ICY RUNWAY THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT NOT THE MORNING OF.  THE SP HAD AN UNEVENTFUL DEPARTURE FROM HIS 5000 FOOT HOMEFIELD KOEO AND PROCEEDED TO KAQP HIS 3500 FOOT DESTINATION.  POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW NEITHER CFI OR SP KNEW OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 13 AT KAPQ.  THE SP OVER FLEW KAPQ AND VERIFIED WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AND RUNWAY 13 WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND.  CROSSWIND WAS 100 DEGREES OFF CENTERLINE, SO A DIRECT RIGHT CROSSWIND AT ABOUT 10 KTS.  SP EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 LANDING PAST THE NUMBERS ON CENTERLINE.  DURING ROLLOUT, HE STARTED EXPERIENCING SOME LEFT DRIFT, FROM WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO RECENTERLINE, BUT THEN AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT DRIFT INCREASED.  THE AIRPLANE HIT A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND AT THAT MOMENT THE SP ADDED POWER WITH THE INTENT TO TAKEOFF.  SP STATED THAT WHEN HE PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL COLUMN THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT, SLIGHTLY LIFTED, THEN SETTLED UNTIL GEAR CAUGHT THE SNOW AND THE CE-172/N12181 FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK.  THE SP UNSTRAPPED AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE UNHARMED.  HE CALLED 911 AND THEN REACHED BACK INSIDE AND VERIFIED EVERYTHING WAS SHUTOFF.  THE SP DID NOT CONFIRM AILERON XWIND CORRECTIONS WERE MAINTAINED DURING ROLLOUT.

## 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 GAA19CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA118), Jan 2, 2019: Cessna 172 (N12181), Appleton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of directional control while landing on an ice-covered runway, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and his failure to attain sufficient airspeed during a…

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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