- Date
- December 11, 2006, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6501VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20061211025919A
- Case key
- 64993
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent nose over. A contributing factor was the crosswind condition.
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 stated that after landing on Runway 22 he encountered a gust of wind, which lifted the right wing and flipped the airplane inverted. The pilot reported that the wind at the time of the accident was from 260 degrees at 20 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that after landing on Runway 22 he encountered a gust of wind, which lifted the right wing and flipped the airplane over onto its left side. The pilot reported that the wind at the time of the accident was from 260 degrees at 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6501V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fred Romanjenko
- Registered owner
- Ivan M McCann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GCC · Gillette, WY
- Destination
- 6S8 · Laurel, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 6S8 · Laurel Municipal, runway 22
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 523 total · 29 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.