# Accident 19970524011839A: Cessna 182P, Wentworth, NH, May 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1997, 10:45 local time
- Place: Wentworth, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8717° N, 71.9143° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wentworth, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8717&lon=-71.9143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20892, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20892-2011-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 654 total, 359 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524011839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD, NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO SOFT DIRT AND FLIPPED OVER.(.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT ASKED THE OWNER OF A FIELD CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO HIS BUSINESS FOR PERMISSION TO LAND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON GRASS RUNWAYS PREVIOUSLY, BUT NEVER ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. HIS PREPARATION FOR THE FLIGHT DID NOT INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIELD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO THE LANDING ATTEMPT. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FIELD SEEMED ROUGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. AT 25 KNOTS, THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO A SOFT PORTION OF THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED, COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD97LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA077), May 24, 1997: Cessna 182P (N20892), Wentworth, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: Pilot's inadequate preflight planning to determine the suitability of an unimproved field for landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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