# NTSB CHI04LA062: Cessna 172M, N70256, Jeffersonville, IN, January 28, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 28, 2004, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC) - Place: Jeffersonville, IN - Coordinates: 38.365554, -85.738334 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3656&lon=-85.7383&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 - Parties: FAA, Indianapolis-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 58728 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04LA062 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58728/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA062 ## Probable cause The pilot selecting a closed runway for landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear. Factors were the pilot's failure to obtain NOTAM information and the snowbank across the closed runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) - notams - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed (cause) ## Analysis The airplane landed on a closed runway and struck a ridge of snow and ice collapsing the nose landing gear. There were no mechanical difficulties with respect to the airplane. The runway had been closed and a Notice to Airmen had been issued. ## Factual narrative On January 28, 2004, about 0915 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N70256, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 32 (3,899 feet by 75 feet, asphalt), at the Clark County Airport, Jeffersonville, Indiana. The airplane struck a snowbank on the unplowed runway. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, about 0845. The pilot reported that he "landed on closed runway 14-32." The runway had been closed and the Federal Aviation Administration had issued a Notice to Airmen to that effect. JVY also has a second runway, 18-36, that intersects runway 14-32. Runway 18-36 had been plowed leaving ridges of snow and ice at the edge of runway 18-36 and crossing runway 14-32. During the landing, the nose landing gear collapsed when it impacted the snow/ice ridge adjacent to runway 18-36. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N70256](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70256), registered now, S/N 17267199, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17267199 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: A & J Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: LOU, LOUISVILLE, KY - Destination: JVY, Jeffersonville, IN - Airport: JVY, Clark County, runway 32, 3,899 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review August 5, 2003; seat: left; flight hours: 2,447 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 2,207 as pilot in command, 189 in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 12 °F, dew point 7 °F - Altimeter: 30.29 inHg - Observed at: KLOU, 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 20040128003559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128003559A), Jan 28, 2004: Cessna 172M, Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed on a closed runway and substantially damaged the aircraft when the aircraft hit a snow/ice bank on landing rollout. Pilot failed to check… ## Other investigations on N70256 (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI77FEC19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEC19), Mar 16, 1977: Cessna 172 (N70256), Monroe, MI, minor damage 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. 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