- Date
- March 5, 1989, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cresco, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5371DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890305004409A
- Case key
- 34764
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing on a closed runway.
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 plt said he was making his second attempt to land on an icy snow covered runway that was closed by NOTAMS. During the rollout, the plt said a gust of wind blew him sideways causing a loss of control. The acft spun around 180 degrees and collided with a snow bank. A right cross wind of 17 knots existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5371D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272550
- Airframe hours
- 4,167
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hiawatha Aviation Of Rochester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 1988 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- RST · Rochester, MN
- Destination
- CJJ
- Airport
- CJJ · Ellen Church, runway 33, 2,950 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 88 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST, 40 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.
Other investigations on N5371D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.