- Date
- December 25, 2010, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spooner, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6897Cessna 305A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20101225054239A
- Case key
- 78091
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing on a snow-covered lake.
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 reported that prior to landing, he performed two low level passes to determine a safe landing area on the frozen lake. He said that during the landing, the left landing gear ski touched down and he heard a bang as the left ski impacted a snow-covered raised ice ridge. He slowed the airplane for the landing rollout and the airplane came to rest upright. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear box structure was bent and the bulkheads were damaged. The examination did not disclose any evidence of a mechanical malfunction. The pilot reported that he should have landed the airplane in the middle of lake which likely would have had less slush and rough ice.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that prior to landing, he performed two low level passes to determine a safe landing area on the frozen lake. During the landing, the left landing gear ski touched down and the pilot heard a bang as the left ski impacted a snow covered raised ice ridge. The pilot slowed the airplane for the remaining landing and it came to rest upright. Examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear box structure was bent and the bulkheads were damaged. No mechanical anomalies were noted with the airplane. The pilot reported that he should have landed the airplane in the middle of lake which likely would have had less slush and rough ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6897
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22728
- Airframe hours
- 6,587
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470-11, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kronlund Kevin
- Registered owner
- Kronlund Kevin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 2010
- Departed
- PVT · Spooner, WI
- Destination
- Spooner, WI
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
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 24, 2009
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 541 total · 339 in this make and model · 484 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- RPD, 32 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 307 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.