- Date
- April 6, 2010, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eveleth, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9266BCessna 175
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Airport occurrence
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20100406030989A
- Case key
- 75679
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot and a pilot-rated passenger were flying the airplane to a local airport in order to have an annual inspection completed. During the landing roll on the grass runway, the landing gear encountered soft terrain. Subsequently, the nose landing gear collapsed and the left wing contacted terrain. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing was bent aft at the wing root. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot stated that the airport owner told them someone had landed on the grass runway earlier that day so they decided the surface was adequate for landing.
Factual narrative
The pilot and a pilot-rated passenger were taking the airplane to the local airport in order to have an annual inspection completed on the airplane. During the landing roll on the grass runway (1,900 feet long by 120 feet wide), the landing gear encountered soft terrain. Subsequently, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the left wing contacted terrain. Examination of the airplane revealed the left wing was bent aft at the wing root. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot stated that the airport owner told them someone had landed on the grass runway earlier that day so they decided the surface was adequate for landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9266B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55066
- Airframe hours
- 4,630
- Engine
- Franklin 6A&6V335 SER, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lere Steven D
- Registered owner
- Lere Steven D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2010
- Departed
- EVM · Eveleth, MN
- Destination
- 9Y5 · Eveleth, MN
- Airport
- 9Y5 · Sky Harbor Seaplane Base, runway 01, 1,900 × 120 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 6, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 457 total · 437 in this make and model · 408 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.72 inHg
- Observed at
- EVM, 5 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 26, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 331 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.