- Date
- July 13, 2024, 10:52 local (15:52 UTC)
- Place
- West Bend, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N129GWCessna 172G
- Defining event
- Landing: 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
- FAA report
- 20240713012119A
- Case key
- 194693
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 landing roll.
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 immediately after landing, the airplane veered to the left. She attempted to pull back on the yoke and apply the brakes, but the airplane went off the runway, struck a ditch, and flipped over which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129GW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254182
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 4,617.8
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ram Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 2024
- Departed
- ETB · West Bend, WI
- Destination
- ETB · West Bend, WI
- Airport
- ETB · West Bend Muni, runway 24, 3,898 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- 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
- 47
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 28, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 201 total · 37 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 0.89 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KETB
- METAR
- METAR KETB 131655Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM SCT041 27/18 A3014 RMK AO2=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 27, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 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.