- Date
- January 1, 1991, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Holstein, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55409Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910101000049A
- Case key
- 14977
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the landing approach, landing on an ice covered runway and the inadequate compensation for the croswind.
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 pilot decided to make an unplanned landing at an uncontrolled airport. During the flyover inspection of the airport the pilot was not able to identify clear ice on the runway surface. While flying on final approach the pilot became aware of the ice. He decided to touchdown at a 'slow speed' and used full flaps in a direct left crosswind. The pilot stated he used a crab to slip method for landing in the crosswind and went to the side slip about 2 to 3 feet above the ground. Upon touchdown, the airplane yawed left and was substantially damaged when it slid right into a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55409
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275176
- Airframe hours
- 4,649
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stick And Rudder Club
- Registered owner
- Stick And Rudder Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 6, 1990 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- ATW · Appleton, WI
- Airport
- 8D1 · New Holstein, runway 32, 3,600 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 140 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- OSH, 19 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.
Other investigations on N55409 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.