- Date
- September 29, 2010, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oconomowoc, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7560XCessna 172B
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20100929046929A
- Case key
- 77454
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing the float-equipped airplane on a turf runway.
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 purchased the float-equipped airplane on the day of the accident. During landing on the turf runway, one of the airplane's floats dug into the terrain and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed that the vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent.
Factual narrative
The pilot purchased the float-equipped airplane on the day of the accident. During landing on the turf runway, one of the airplane's floats dug into the terrain and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7560X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248060
- Airframe hours
- 3,339
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-360-KB, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 2010
- Departed
- Lake Hudson, MI
- Destination
- OWI8 · Oconomowoc, WI
- Airport
- OWI8 · Oconomowoc Airport, runway 18, 1,400 × 200 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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 25, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,250 total · 6 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 12, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 443 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.