# NTSB CHI91LA081: Cessna 172N, N5345D, Lansing, IL, January 22, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 22, 1991, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.560012, -87.540977 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5600&lon=-87.5410&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA081

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5345D-1996-10-25), registration cancelled 1996-10-25, S/N 17272533 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272467
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA90LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA191), Sep 11, 1990: Cessna 172N (N5345D), Dillon, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT MISJUDGED THE FLARE THAT RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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