- Date
- December 8, 2007, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wausau, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2151JCessna Skyhawk 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-MKE-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20071208832209A
- Case key
- 67268
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors that contributed to the accident included the snow on the runway and the snowbank.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported completing three takeoffs and full stop landings on runway 30, and then he switched to runway 04 (3078 feet long, 100 feet wide, ice, snow covered). After landing on runway 04, the airplane skidded on a patch of packed snow and the pilot reported that he "Lost control. Plane ran off side of runway." The pilot tried to hold the yoke back but the nosewheel dug into soft snow on the side of the runway and the airplane nosed over. The pilot was not injured. He did not report any mechanical malfunctions. The right wing rear spar was bent.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported completing three take-offs and full stop landings on runway 30, and then he switched to runway 04. The airplane skidded on a patch of packed snow and the pilot reported that he "Lost control. Plane ran off side of runway." The pilot tried to hold the yoke back but the nosewheel dug into soft snow on the side of the runway and the airplane nosed over. The pilot was not injured. He did not report any mechanical malfunctions. The right wing rear spar was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2151J
- Reported as
- Cessna Skyhawk 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17-80679
- Airframe hours
- 5,950
- Engine
- Textron Lycoming IO-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wausau Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2007 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- AUW · Wausau, WI
- Destination
- AUW
- Airport
- AUW · Wausau Downtown, runway 04, 3,078 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 158 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.39 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.