# NTSB CHI08LA096: Cessna 172R, N724PG, Monroe, WI, March 26, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 26, 2008, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Monroe, WI - Coordinates: 42.614166, -89.590278 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6142&lon=-89.5903&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 67772 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67772/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA096 ## Probable cause The pilot's decision to land on the wrong runway for the existing wind conditions and his improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Decision related to condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 46 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane landed long and bounced during touchdown and then departed the runway. It then nosed over and impacted a snow bank to the right of the runway. There were two skid marks on the runway consistent with left and right main landing gear tires that began about 2,200 feet down the runway. The recorded winds at the airport were 270 degrees at 10 knots with gusts at 17 knots. The airport did not have an air traffic control tower and was equipped with runways 12-30 (5,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) and 02-20 (3,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt). The airplane landed on Runway 02. The airplane's fuselage was wrinkled and both wings were damaged. Inspection of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative On March 26, 2008, at 1430 central daylight time, a Cessna 172R, N724PG, operated by Poplar Grove Airmotive Inc., as a rental airplane, received substantial damage on impact with terrain after the airplane veered off runway 02 at Monroe Municipal Airport (EFT), Monroe, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. Both pilots were uninjured. The flight originated from Poplar Grove Airport, Poplar Grove, Illinois, at 1315, and landed at Lake Lawn Airport, Delavan, Wisconsin, prior to landing at EFT. The airplane was piloted by the right seat pilot when it landed long and bounced during touchdown prior to departing off the runway edge. The airplane then nosed over when it impacted a snow bank that was approximately 2,870 feet down and 35 feet to the right of the runway. Approximately 105 feet beyond the snow bank, in the direction of travel of the airplane, was a 100-foot deep quarry. There were two skid marks on runway 02 consistent with left and right main landing gear tires that began about 2,200 feet down the runway. At 1436, the recorded winds at the airport were 270 degrees at 10 knots with gusts at 17 knots. The airport did not have an air traffic control tower and was equipped with runway 12-30 (5,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) and runway 02-20 (3,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt). The airplane fuselage was wrinkled and both wings were damaged. The right seat pilot reported that he accumulated 4 hours of flight time in the accident airplane make and model in the past 90 days, 1.2 hours in the past 30 days, and 1.2 hours in the past 24 hours. Inspection of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N724PG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N724PG), registered now, S/N 17280613, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172R - Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17280613 - Engines: Textron Lycoming IO-360 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Poplar Grove Airmotive Inc - Registered owner: Poplar Grove Airmotive Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Departed: C77, Poplar Grove, IL - Destination: EFT, Monroe, WI - Airport: EFT, Monroe Municipal, runway 02, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 19, 2007; seat: right; flight hours: 11,315 total, 75 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30 days - Co-pilot; age 77; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 6, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 1,474 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 10 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 23 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: EFT ## 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 20080326835579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326835579A), Mar 26, 2008: Cessna 172R, Monroe, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) While attempting to land on rwy 02 at Monroe muni (eft), in Monroe, WI, the pilot flying [privacy data omitted] lost control of the aircraft. The… 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.