Accident Overview
At 1430 central daylight time on March 26, 2008, a Cessna 172R, registration N724PG, operated by Poplar Grove Airmotive Inc. as a rental aircraft, sustained substantial damage after departing runway 02 at Monroe Municipal Airport (EFT) in Monroe, Wisconsin. The airplane impacted terrain and nosed over after hitting a snow bank.
Flight Details
The flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 for personal purposes, was not operating on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The aircraft had departed Poplar Grove Airport in Poplar Grove, Illinois, at 1315, landed at Lake Lawn Airport in Delavan, Wisconsin, and then proceeded to Monroe Municipal Airport.
Accident Sequence
The right-seat pilot was flying the airplane during the landing. The airplane landed long and bounced during touchdown. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the runway edge. Approximately 2,870 feet down the runway and 35 feet to the right, the airplane impacted a snow bank and nosed over. Beyond the snow bank, about 105 feet in the direction of travel, there was a 100-foot-deep quarry. Two skid marks consistent with the left and right main landing gear tires were observed on runway 02, beginning about 2,200 feet down the runway.
Pilot and Aircraft Information
The right-seat pilot reported accumulating 4 hours of flight time in the accident airplane make and model in the past 90 days, with 1.2 hours in the past 30 days and 1.2 hours in the past 24 hours. The airport had no air traffic control tower and featured two runways: 12-30 (5,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) and 02-20 (3,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt). At 1436, recorded winds were 270 degrees at 10 knots with gusts to 17 knots.
Damage and Examination
The airplane's fuselage was wrinkled, and both wings were damaged. An inspection revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Injuries and Injuries
Both pilots were uninjured.