- Date
- August 29, 1990, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4182LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14763
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions and maintain directional control. The crosswind was a factor.
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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not performedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
While landing in a right crosswind the airplane veered to the right off the runway and onto a grass area. The pilot took off and performed a second landing which resulted in the same veering action. The subsequent ground roll into the grass led to a collision with an intersecting runway edge which broke the nosewheel off the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4182L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254197
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marcia J. Powers
- Airport
- BMG · Monroe County Airport, runway 24, 3,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 24 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BMG, 1 nm away