- Date
- January 31, 1993, 19:00 local (Feb 1, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3571VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930131001289A
- Case key
- 15659
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 inadequate compensation for variable wind conditions during landing. 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.
Analysis
The pilot reported he landed on runway 36 with winds out of 270 degrees at 10 knots. He stated after touchdown the aircraft veered off the left side of the airstrip where it struck a snowbank and nosed over. The pilot stated '...the tree fence and hangars causes (SIC) wind to e very variable on strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3571V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14846
- Airframe hours
- 2,434
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roebke, Thaddeus F.
- Registered owner
- Roebke, Thaddeus F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 04Y · Hawley, MN
- Airport
- MN06 · Pulkrabek, runway 36, 2,600 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 115 in this make and model · 263 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3571V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.