# NTSB CHI94LA053: Cessna 172, N4930G, Kimball, NE, December 18, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1993, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Kimball, NE
- Coordinates: 41.230289, -103.650489 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2303&lon=-103.6505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA053

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.  A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of total flight experience.

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE STATED THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER, ONCE THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, IT BECAME VERY 'SQUIRRELLY.' THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, CONTACTED A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On December 18, 1993, at 1045 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172, N4930G, operated by Mountain Flyers and piloted by a student pilot, collided with a snowbank and nosed over during a landing roll at the Kimball Airport, Kimball, Nebraska, while on a solo training flight.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed.  The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured.  The flight originated from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, on December 18, 1993, at 1020 mountain standard time.

The pilot stated this was the second stop during his first solo cross country flight.  He stated that he was prepared to go- around and return to Fort Collins if the runway had been snow/ice covered.  Upon arrival at the airport he discovered the runway was "dry and clear of ice" so he elected to land.  The pilot stated that on touchdown the airplane got extremely "squirrely."  The airplane then veered to the left of the runway where it contacted a plowed snowbank and nosed over.

In the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 submitted by the pilot, he reported no mechanical failure/malfunction of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4930G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4930G-2013-04-17), registration cancelled 2013-04-17, S/N 17273477, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273477
- Airframe hours: 7062
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Mountain Flyers
- Registered owner: Lowell Thomas Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1993, 2 hours before
- Departed: BFF, SCOTTSBLUFF, NE
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: IBM, Kimball Municipal, runway 28, 6,200 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 11 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °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 19931218046949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931218046949A), Dec 18, 1993: Cessna 172N, Kimball, NE, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing. Veered off runway. Struck snowbank and nosed over.

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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