- Date
- May 16, 1982, 20:00 local (May 17, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N631EBoeing E75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516022049A
- Case key
- 71496
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose over
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performed
Analysis
During landing, the aircraft made initial contact about 400 ft down a 1200 ft landing strip in a calm wind condition. The aircraft nosed over while the pilot was braking heavily to avoid a collision with the boundary fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N631E
- Reported as
- Boeing E75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-8172
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George W. Grossman Jr.
- Registered owner
- George W. Grossman Jr.
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Airport
- Snodgrass, runway 24, 1,200 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 403 total · 65 in this make and model · 343 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.