Accident Details
Probable Cause and Findings
Directional control not obtained/maintained by the pilot during landing roll.
Aircraft Information
Registered Owner (Current)
Analysis
On June 10, 2004, at 1510 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N737SV, operated by Page Flying Club Inc. as a rental airplane, received substantial damage during landing roll on runway 16 (4,400 feet by 60 feet) at Deck Airport (5ND9), Hillsboro, North Dakota. The airplane veered off the runway and nosed over. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The commercial rated rental pilot was uninjured. The local flight originated from 5ND9 at 1445.
The Grand Forks, North Dakota, Automated Surface Observing System, located 28 nautical miles north of 5ND9, recorded at 1453, wind 130 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 21 knots.
According to the Cessna 172N Information Manual, the maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity for takeoff or landing is 15 knots.
No anomalies were noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Data Source
Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). For more information on this event, visit the NTSB Records Search website. NTSB# CHI04CA152