# NTSB CHI82DA095: Cessna 172G, N1120F, Cambridge, MN, March 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1982, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Cambridge, MN
- Coordinates: 45.559055, -93.220626 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5591&lon=-93.2206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70110/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA095

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1120F), registered now, S/N 17254715, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 54715
- Airframe hours: 2787
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820311005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311005069A), Mar 11, 1982: Cessna 172G, Cambridge, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Ran into snowbank.

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.

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