Stromsburg Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Stromsburg, Nebraska 68666
Friday, April 20, 2001 14:25 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane veered off of runway 20 upon the pilot's third landing attempt on a short field with a width of 21 feet. Based upon recorded weather information 33 nm northeast-east of the accident site, a 90-degree crosswind component of approximately 19 knots with gusts of 25 knots prevailed at the time of the accident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the inadequate in-flight planning/decision and the flight to a destination alternate not performed by the pilot. Contributing factors were the crosswind and gusts.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/20/2001
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1425
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Stromsburg
Event State NEBRASKA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 68666
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Stromsburg Municipal Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 11K
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 1675
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1356 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 250
Weather Observation Facility ID GRI
Elevation of weather observation facility 1841
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 33
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 9
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 100
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 19
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 25
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.61
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) 11293
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 20 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1830
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2002 2:29PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Lincoln FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6412K
NTSB Number CHI01LA121
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 182L
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18258889
Certified Max Gross Weight 2800
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Downwind Enterpirses
Aircraft Owner Street Address 18406 Pierce Circle
Aircraft Owner City Omaha
Aircraft Owner State NE
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 68130
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 --
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 MLE
Departure City OMAHA
Departure State NE
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1330
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City South Sioux
Destination State NE
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2001 3:35PM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 20
Runway Length 2210
Runway Width 21
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --