- Date
- April 24, 1987, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Superior, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5093VCessna 172XP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870424011469A
- Case key
- 13755
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon landing on runway 13, pilot reports wind blowing aircraft towards the edge of runway. Aircraft went off right side, nose wheel stuck in mud and collapsed, and aircraft nosed over. Winds at duluth, MN, approx. 11 nmi northwest of accident site, were reported from 080 degrees at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5093V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722276
- Airframe hours
- 1,058
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard R. Nicholson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- 74Y · White Bear Lake, MN
- Airport
- SUW · Richard I. Bong, runway 13, 4,000 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 150 in this make and model · 188 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 11 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.