- Date
- February 25, 2023, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N208SPCessna 172S
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA - FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230225004529A
- Case key
- 106790
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 failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident, was the runway condition combined with a right crosswind.
Findings · 3
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 during takeoff the airplane “started to slide to the left on the ice” on the snow and ice-covered runway. The pilot chose to abort the takeoff. During the abort, the airplane kept “pulling to the left” and impacted the terrain between the runway and taxiway. Upon impact, the airplane nosed over which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and wing struts. At the time of the accident, the pilot was taking off with a 40° right crosswind at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N208SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8208
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 10,851
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Twin Cities Flight Training, Inc
- Registered owner
- 208sp LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 2023
- Destination
- KANE · Blaine, MN
- Airport
- PNM · Princeton Municipal Airport, runway 16, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B
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
- January 30, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 103 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KPNM
- METAR
- METAR KPNM 252055Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR M06/M12 A2996 RMK AO2 TSNO=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 30, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB 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.