- Date
- February 24, 2013, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vineland, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76NGCessna 172A
- Defining event
- Landing: Roll over
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20130224002589A
- Case key
- 86293
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to attempt a touch-and-go landing on a narrow, ice-covered road with snow banks on each side.
Findings · 1
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
While performing a touch-and-go landing on a narrow, ice-covered road with snow banks on each side, the airplane encountered a rough area and skidded left. The left main landing gear contacted a snow bank on the left side of the road, and the airplane flipped over, sustaining substantial damage to the cowling, wings, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
Prior to attempting a touch and go landing to a frozen, snow-covered lake, the pilot performed a low pass to check the surface conditions of the lake. He selected a narrow, plowed road with snow banks on each side to land on. While performing the touch and go landing, the airplane encountered a rough area on the ice-covered road and skidded to the left. The left main gear contacted a snow bank on the left side of the road and the airplane flipped over, sustaining substantial damage to the cowling, wings, vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76NG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47006
- Airframe hours
- 2,258
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-300 SER, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Troy Minske
- Registered owner
- Troy Minske
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 2012
- Departed
- CBG · Cambridge, MN
- Destination
- CBG · Cambridge, MN
- Airport
- runway 21, 1,500 × 20 ft, ice
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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 10, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 230 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- CBG, 38 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 757 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.