- Date
- January 22, 1991, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5345DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14999
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident is the snow covered runway.
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 was attempting to takeoff on a runway covered with compacted snow and with a crosswind 80 degrees to the right of the runway heading at 17 knots gusting to 28 knots. During the takeoff roll the aircraft began to drift to the left and hit a snowbank along the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5345D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272467
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Airborne Avaition, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 1GO · Bowling Green, OH
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Muni, runway 9, 3,655 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 6 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F
Other investigations on N5345D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.