- Date
- March 11, 1982, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1120FCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820311005069A
- Case key
- 70110
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
After landing on runway 16, the aircraft ran off the right side of the runway. It hit a snowbank, and both wing spars were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1120F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54715
- Airframe hours
- 2,787
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cambridge Pilots Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cambridge Pilots Inc.
- Departed
- Princeton, MN
- Destination
- Firebaugh, CA
- Airport
- CBG · Cambridge Municipal, runway 16, 3,200 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 16 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.