# NTSB CHI93LA082: Cessna 140, N3571V, Warren, MN, February 1, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1993, 19:00 local (Feb 1, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Warren, MN
- Coordinates: 48.190681, -96.759941 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1907&lon=-96.7599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15659/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA082

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS DURING LANDING. THE CROSSWIND WAS A FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3571V-2008-02-13), registration cancelled 2008-02-13, S/N 14846, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14846
- Airframe hours: 2434
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930131001289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930131001289A), Jan 31, 1993: Cessna 140, Angus, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of tailwheel Landing in a crosswind. Veered into snowbank and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N3571V (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 SEA05LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA026), Dec 6, 2004: Cessna 140 (N3571V), Spanaway, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude during final approach to land which resulted in an undershoot and in flight collision with a fence. A factor was the pilot's alcohol impairment.

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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