# NTSB SEA07CA029: Cessna 172RG, N6501V, Laurel, MT, December 11, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 11, 2006, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Coordinates: 45.703056, -108.761108
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7031&lon=-108.7611&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA029

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6501V-2013-02-13), registration cancelled 2013-02-13, S/N 172RG0734, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0734
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20061211025919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061211025919A), Dec 11, 2006: Cessna 172RG, Laurel, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Changing crosswind upon landing caused a loss of control. Aircraft departed runway and flipped over forward.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.