# NTSB CHI06CA004: Cessna 172M, N13585, Lake Elmo, MN, October 9, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 9, 2005, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Lake Elmo, MN - Coordinates: 44.997501, -92.855552 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9975&lon=-92.8556&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Minneapolis, Minnesota - NTSB case key (mKey): 62806 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA004 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62806/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA004 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an overload failure of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of inadequate preflight planning by the pilot. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, emergency landing ## Analysis The airplane was damaged when it nosed over during landing. A report submitted by the pilot stated that the airplane had departed the Lake Elmo Airport, Lake Elmo, Minnesota earlier in the day and was flown to the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, Brainerd, Minnesota. The accident occurred on the return flight. The report states that the pilot did not re-fuel the airplane prior to departing on the return flight. The report stated that when the airplane was returning and was 3 miles from the airport, the engine lost power. The report states that the airplane had too much airspeed during landing, bounced 3 times, and flipped over. The accident occurred at the intended destination. No fuel was found in the airplane after the accident. ## Factual narrative The airplane was damaged when it nosed over during landing. A report submitted by the pilot stated that the airplane had departed the Lake Elmo Airport, Lake Elmo, Minnesota earlier in the day and was flown to the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, Brainerd, Minnesota. The accident occurred on the return flight. The report states that the pilot did not re-fuel the airplane prior to departing on the return flight. The report stated that when the airplane was returning and was 3 miles from the airport, the engine lost power. The report states that the airplane had too much airspeed during landing, bounced 3 times, and flipped over. The accident occurred at the intended destination. No fuel was found in the airplane after the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13585](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13585-2009-07-21), registration cancelled 2009-07-21, S/N 17262859, built 1973 (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: 17262859 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Daryl Johnson - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: BRD, BRAINERD, MN - Destination: 21D, Lake Elmo, MN ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 243 total, 125 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 10 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none ## 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 20051009025149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009025149A), Oct 9, 2005: Cessna 172M, Lake Elmo, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Return flight from brainerd, MN, to Lake Elmo MN, PIC charged battery, did not refuel. Over stillwater MN, approximately 3 miles from Lake Elmo airport,… ## Other investigations on N13585 (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 OAK79DVG47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG47), Jun 1, 1979: Cessna 172 (N13585), Chico, CA, substantial 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. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.