# NTSB CHI83LA294: Cessna 172, N5010A, Sauk Centre, MN, July 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1983, 19:45 local (Jul 4, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Location: 45.7365° N, 94.9527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sauk Centre, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7365&lon=-94.9527&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12245
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA294
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12245/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA294

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BECAUSE OF WEATHER. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK A RUT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE WEATHER WAS IMC. THE PILOT DID RECIEVE A WEATHER BRIEFING AND THE WEATHER INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE. THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE OFF ARPT IN AN OPEN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5010A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28010
- Airframe hours: 3398
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: C.A.P. Flying Club
- Registered owner: C.A.P. Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1982, 83 hours before
- Departed: MN86, PARK RAPIDS, MN
- Destination: STC, ST. CLOUD, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 137 total, 21 in this make and model, 89 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: 270° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AXN, 60 nm away

## 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 19830703028089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703028089A), Jul 3, 1983: Cessna 172, Sauk Centre, MN, Substantial damage. Was advised of frontal weather en route. Flew into squall line. Elected to land in a farm field and nosed over.

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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