Cessna 172L N4209Q

Summary

On 3 January 2022 at about 03:05 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N4209Q was involved in an accident near Minocqua, Wisconsin, United States. One person was 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

3 January 2022 at 03:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Minocqua, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Lakeland/Noble F Lee Meml Fld (ARV)

Coordinates

45.9279, -89.7309

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N4209Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1971

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Cloud → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CEN22LA092

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s loss of control during landing when the airplane encountered ice and snow on the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while landing following a night instrument flight, on a known contaminated runway and employing aerodynamic braking, the airplane contacted a snow and ice patch and veered to the left. The airplane continued left until it contacted an unplowed snowbank on the left side of the runway and nosed over coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, both ailerons, the vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that prior to the flight he had filed and instrument flight plan and was aware of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that at most 10% of the runway had compacted snow. An area 60-ft wide was plowed and swept.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.