Cessna 305A N6897

Summary

On 25 December 2010 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 305A registered N6897, operated by Kronlund Kevin, was involved in an accident near Spooner, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 December 2010 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Spooner, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

45.8356, -91.8028

Aircraft

Cessna 305A

Registration

N6897

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kronlund Kevin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Spooner → Spooner

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11CA139

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing on a snow-covered lake.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that prior to landing, he performed two low level passes to determine a safe landing area on the frozen lake. He said that during the landing, the left landing gear ski touched down and he heard a bang as the left ski impacted a snow-covered raised ice ridge. He slowed the airplane for the landing rollout and the airplane came to rest upright. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the landing gear box structure was bent and the bulkheads were damaged. The examination did not disclose any evidence of a mechanical malfunction. The pilot reported that he should have landed the airplane in the middle of lake which likely would have had less slush and rough ice.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.