# NTSB CEN21LA126: Cessna 172S, N348RM, Urbana, OH, February 7, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 7, 2021, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Urbana, OH - Coordinates: 40.130746, -83.754296 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1307&lon=-83.7543&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Columbus FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 102623 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA126 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102623/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102623 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA126 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s loss of directional control during landing which resulted in an impact with a snowbank. The slippery runway condition contributed to the accident. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he was 0n a solo cross-country flight and the takeoff, climb, and en route portions of the flight were uneventful. He expected to perform a touch-and-go landing at the accident airport. During the approach, he noticed that the runway had patchy snow on it. Upon landing the airplane veered to the left, which the student pilot believed was due to the unresponsiveness of the controls and the ice. He decided to change to a full stop landing and applied the brakes, but the airplane struck a snowbank on the left side of the runway, and it tipped forward and to the right. The airplane’s right wing was bent up at the tip resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The airport manager confirmed that the runway had patchy compressed snow covering about 25% of the runway surface. ## Aircraft - Registration: N348RM (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S8936 - Year built: 2001 - Airframe hours: 9044 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Lunken Flight Training Center LLC - Registered owner: Lunken Flight Training Center LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 22, 2021, 36 hours before - Departed: LUK, Cincinnati, OH - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: I74, Grimes Fld, runway 02/20, 4,400 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Onboard weather, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 17; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 48.6 total, 42.6 in this make and model, 5.4 as pilot in command, 11.5 in the last 90 days, 5.5 in the last 30 days, 1.2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 10 °F, dew point 3 °F - Altimeter: 30.16 inHg - Observed at: EDJ, 15 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20210207001349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210207001349A), Feb 7, 2021: Cessna 172S, Urbana, OH, Substantial damage. A student pilot was flying solo cross county from luk to I74 in N348RM. Upon landing at I74 Urbana grimes airport on runway 02, the pilot lost control of the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102623. 10.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 9.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12030934&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photographs of accident airplane (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 931 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12030814&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Weather information (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 112 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12030371&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Weather%20Info-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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