# Accident 20200520006889A: Cessna R172K, Lino Lakes, MN, May 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2020, 09:38 local time
- Place: Lino Lakes, MN
- Airport: Surfside
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1575° N, 93.1217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1575&lon=-93.1217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N612R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 686 total, 145 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200520006889A

## Narrative

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

2020-05-20 N612R CESSNA 172 EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS, FLIPPED INVERTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM THE SURFSIDE SEA BASE ON RICE LAKE.

THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD, THE PIC WHO WAS A PRIVATE PILOT SES AND A CFI WHO WAS ALSO SES.  THE PIC WAS THE SOLE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS AND PLANNED THE FLIGHT TO GO OUT AND GET HIS TAKE OFF AND LANDING CURRENCY AS HE HAD NOT FLOWN A SEA PLANE SINCE THE PREVIOUS YEAR OCTOBER.  ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A WIND SOCK PRESENT AT THE LAKE, THE WIND REFERENCE FROM THE PILOTS PERSPECTIVE WAS ATIS FROM KANE/ANOKA AIRPORT.  52 MINUTES PRIOR TO FLIGHT, WHAT THE PILOTS WERE GOING ON, 120/09.  8 MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH 120/12 REPORTED AT KANE.  NEITHER PILOT COULD GIVE A REFERENCE NUMBER TO THEIR INTIAL RUNWAY ON THE LAKE.  MAP PLOTTING AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS WITH OTHER PILOTS AT THE SEABASE PUT THE RUNWAY AT 220.  THIS PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND POSITION.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY A 1000 FT RUN THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN TO AVOID WEED BEDS.  THIS TURN WAS PLANNED.  CHARTED IT SHOWED TO BE ABOUT A 55 DEGREE LEFT TURN.  AS THIS LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED THE AIRPLANE PASSED THROUGH A DIRECT CROSSWIND AND THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTED CAUSING THE RIGHT FLOAT AND RIGHT WING TO GO DOWN INTO THE WATER AND A ROLLING MOMENT THAT INVERTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WATER WAS ABOUT 3 FEET DEEP, THE RIGHT FLOAT HAD MUD ON IT SHOWING PENETRATION INTO THE LAKE BOTTOM.  THE RIGHT WING CAP WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND BOTH WINGS SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE.  THE PROP, ENGINE MOUNTS AND TAIL SECTION APPEARED TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION.  BOTH PILOTS WERE WEARING A STANDARD SEATBELT TYPE SHOULDER HARNESS AND WERE ABLE TO UNSTRAP AND EGRESS THEIR OWN DOORS, MEETING UP VISUALLY AND VERBALLY WITHOUT INJURY, STANDING ON THEIR RESPECTIVE WINGS WITH HEADS ABOVE THE WATER LINE.

## 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 CEN20CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA188), May 20, 2020: Cessna R172 (N612R), Lino Lakes, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff with a crosswind.

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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