- Date
- November 19, 2004, 19:00 local (Nov 20, 2004, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737CRCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20041119032189A
- Case key
- 60757
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his distance and speed which resulted in an overrun.. Factors were the wet runway, the grass and the berm.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with a roadway berm when it exited the departure end of the runway. Dark night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was on file and was activated. The pilot's accident report stated, "Left Waterloo Municipal Airport IFR [direct] Airlake Airport as filed, radar vectors [Minneapolis Approach] to ILS 29 approach LVN. Maneuvering after breaking out of overcast at about 700 [feet] through lower broken layer (500 [feet]?), ended up landing long and skidding off end of runway, swerving left to avoid runway end lights, entered grass and continued to skid until striking roadway berm."
Factual narrative
On November 19, 2004, about 1900 central standard time, a Cessna 172N, N737CR, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with a roadway berm when it exited the departure end of runway 30 (4,098 feet by 75 feet, wet asphalt) at Airlake Airport (LVN), near Lakeville, Minnesota. The business flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Dark night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was on file and was activated. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO), near Waterloo, Iowa, about 1730.
The pilot's accident report stated:
Left ALO IFR [direct] LVN as filed, radar vectors [Minneapolis
Approach] to ILS 29 approach LVN. Maneuvering after
breaking out of overcast at about 700 [feet] through lower broken
layer (500 [feet]?), ended up landing long and skidding off end of
runway, swerving left to avoid runway end lights, entered grass
and continued to skid until striking roadway berm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737CR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269318
- Airframe hours
- 4,058
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kurt Roy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 2003 · 231 hours before
- Departed
- ALO · Waterloo, IA
- Destination
- LVN · Lakeville, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 542 in this make and model · 708 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.