Cessna 175B N8161T

Summary

On 14 October 2002 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 175B registered N8161T was involved in an accident near Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 October 2002 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Elmo Airport (21D)

Coordinates

44.9967, -92.8550

Aircraft

Cessna 175B

Registration

N8161T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Milwaukee → Lake Elmo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI03LA008

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors to the accident included the gusting wind conditions and the encountered windshear, which resulted in the inadvertent stall at a low altitude and subsequent in-flight collision with the transmission wire and hangar.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While performing a go-around the airplane encountered windshear and stalled, impacting a power line and an airplane hangar. The pilot stated he had attempted to land on runway 22 and elected to go-around prior to touchdown. The pilot reported flying "about 90 to 100 mph" during the go-around and when he turned downwind he "encountered a wind shear." The pilot stated the encounter with the wind shear "increased angle of attack" and the "airplane stalled." The pilot reported, "I tried to regain control, pulled power, hit power lines and airplane hangar." Gusting wind conditions were reported around the time of the accident, with a reported wind speed of 36 knots at 1218.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.