- Date
- July 6, 1993, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1015VCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930706022599A
- Case key
- 15756
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 in command's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
After the pilot touched down on the runway in an 80 degree crosswind, the aircraft began drifting to the right. The airplane went off the right side of the runway into wet grass, hit standing water, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1015V
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722081
- Airframe hours
- 4,354
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-KB1, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas B. Tabor
- Registered owner
- Douglas B. Tabor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 24, 1993 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- EGV · Eagle River, WI
- Destination
- C29 · Madison, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- C29 · Morey Airport, runway 3, 2,970 × 38 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 150 in this make and model · 305 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 9 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.