- Date
- March 9, 2026, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Solon Springs, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61761Cessna 172M
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260309001319A
- Case key
- 202629
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
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 while landing on the runway, the airplane bounced and then settled on the runway. The pilot felt that she did not have adequate runway remaining to safely conduct a go-around and attempted to stop on the remaining runway. The airplane veered to the right and departed the runway surface. The nosewheel struck a pile of snow, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that the airplane had no pre impact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if a go-around were initiated earlier on the approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61761
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264782
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 7,507
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hawk Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 2026
- Departed
- ROS · Rush City, MN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- OLG · Solon Springs Muni, runway 01/19, 3,100 × 60 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
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 19, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 127.1 total · 73.2 in this make and model · 40.7 as pilot in command · 24.1 in the last 90 days · 21.9 in the last 30 days · 3.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.69 inHg
- Observed at
- KHYR, 23 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KHYR 091753Z AUTO 30008G16KT 270V340 10SM CLR 08/M02 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP060 T00831017 10094 20050 51034 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.9 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.