Oakland/Troy Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Troy, Michigan 48084
Saturday, February 3, 2001 11:10 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane veered into a snowbank after touching down on the runway at approximately 27 knots above the stall speed with an 8 knot crosswind component. The pilot stated that he probably had too much left airleron and not enough right rudder to keep centered on landing rollout.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the excessive touchdown airspeed and the directional control not maintained by the pilot. The snow bank was a contributing factor.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/3/2001
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1110
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City Troy
Event State MICHIGAN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 48084
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Oakland/Troy Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 7D2
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 737
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1053 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 305
Weather Observation Facility ID PTK
Elevation of weather observation facility 971
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 13
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 6000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -8
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 216
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.24
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 10381
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Feb 6 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Aug 29 2001 10:56AM
User who most recently changed record MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Detroit FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N369ER
NTSB Number CHI01LA081
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 172RG
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 172RG0062
Certified Max Gross Weight 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 18 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 51
Airframe Hours 1761
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Paul N. Blumberg
Aircraft Owner Street Address 23185 Morningside St.
Aircraft Owner City Southfield
Aircraft Owner State MI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 48034
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code N/A
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code ARB
Departure City ANN ARBOR
Departure State MI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1050
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 7D2
Destination City Troy
Destination State MI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jul 17 2001 11:03AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 3550
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --