# NTSB CHI04CA152: Cessna 172N, N737SV, Hillsboro, ND, June 10, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2004, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Hillsboro, ND
- Coordinates: 47.484722, -97.074722
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4847&lon=-97.0747&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59545
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59545/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA152

## Probable cause

Directional control not obtained/maintained by the pilot during landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

The flying club airplane veered off the runway and nosed over during a personal flight by a commercial rated rental pilot.  Examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that would of precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

On June 10, 2004, at 1510 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N737SV, operated by Page Flying Club Inc. as a rental airplane, received substantial damage during landing roll on runway 16 (4,400 feet by 60 feet) at Deck Airport (5ND9), Hillsboro, North Dakota.  The airplane veered off the runway and nosed over.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan.  The commercial rated rental pilot was uninjured.  The local flight originated from 5ND9 at 1445.

The Grand Forks, North Dakota, Automated Surface Observing System, located 28 nautical miles north of 5ND9, recorded at 1453, wind 130 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 21 knots.

According to the Cessna 172N Information Manual, the maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity for takeoff or landing is 15 knots.

No anomalies were noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N737SV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737SV), registered now, S/N 17269648, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269648
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Page Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 5ND9, Hillsboro, ND
- Destination: 5ND9
- Airport: 5ND9, Deck Airport, runway 16

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 740 total, 80 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20040610011569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040610011569A), Jun 10, 2004: Cessna 172N, Hillsboro, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot of this aircraft, operating under 14 CFR part 91, landed to the south at the Deck private air strip just north of Hillsboro, ND. The wind was…

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.

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