# NTSB CHI03LA008: Cessna 175B, N8161T, Lake Elmo, MN, October 14, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 14, 2002, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC) - Place: Lake Elmo, MN - Coordinates: 44.996665, -92.855003 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9967&lon=-92.8550&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report December 30, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - Minneapolis FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 55891 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI03LA008 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55891/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA008 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors to the accident included the gusting wind conditions and the encountered windshear, which resulted in the inadvertent stall at a low altitude and subsequent in-flight collision with the transmission wire and hangar. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight encounter with weather, go-around (vfr) - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor) - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - altitude - low (contributing factor) - In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor) - object - hangar/airport building (contributing factor) ## Analysis While performing a go-around the airplane encountered windshear and stalled, impacting a power line and an airplane hangar. The pilot stated he had attempted to land on runway 22 and elected to go-around prior to touchdown. The pilot reported flying "about 90 to 100 mph" during the go-around and when he turned downwind he "encountered a wind shear." The pilot stated the encounter with the wind shear "increased angle of attack" and the "airplane stalled." The pilot reported, "I tried to regain control, pulled power, hit power lines and airplane hangar." Gusting wind conditions were reported around the time of the accident, with a reported wind speed of 36 knots at 1218. ## Factual narrative On October 14, 2002, at 1215 central daylight time, a Cessna 175B, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with power transmission lines and subsequent collision with a hangar at the Lake Elmo Airport (21D), St. Paul, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The flight departed the General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 1000. According to the pilot's written statement, he had attempted to land on runway 22 (2,497 feet by 75 feet, dry/asphalt) at 21D and elected to go-around prior to touchdown. The pilot reported flying "about 90 to 100 mph" during the go-around and when he turned downwind he "encountered a wind shear." The pilot stated the encounter with the wind shear "increased angle of attack" and the "airplane stalled." The pilot reported, "I tried to regain control, pulled power, hit power lines and airplane hangar." Gusting wind conditions were reported around the time of the accident, with a reported wind speed of 36 knots at 1218. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8161T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8161T-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N 17556861, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 175B - Registry model: [Cessna 175B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (registry code 2072506) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17556861 - Airframe hours: 3048 - Engines: Continental GO-300 175 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: David G. Goodard - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 2002, 67 hours before - Departed: MKE, Milwaukee, WI - Destination: 21D, Lake Elmo, MN - Airport: 21D, Lake Elmo Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 18, 1999; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 19 knots, gusting 29 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: STP, 10 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 20021014028719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021014028719A), Oct 14, 2002: Cessna 175B, St Paul, MN, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot stated he initiated a go-around from runway 23, because he could not complete the landing. He climbed out to make another approach. While… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.