- Date
- January 25, 1986, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Baraboo, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46675Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860125001439A
- Case key
- 13415
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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.
Analysis
The plt attempted a x-wind landing that was beyond his capabilities. He stated that if the x-wind was excessive he intended to divert to another arpt with a more favorable runway. At touchdown the aircraft drifted right into a two foot high snow bank off the right side of the runway. The propeller struck the snow bank and the aircraft rocked left on its left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46675
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264189
- Airframe hours
- 2,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Red Barons, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GRB · Green Bay, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- C85 · Baraboo, runway 1, 4,800 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,180 total · 1,070 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 29 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.