- Date
- April 21, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8092CPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840421017389A
- Case key
- 6448
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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
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Analysis
While the plt was taxiing after landing, one wheel of the acft mired in a soft spot. The acft then veered into softer terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8092C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2238
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William T. Roberson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1983
- Departed
- 07W · Burgaw, NC
- Airport
- Pilot'S Ridge
N8092CRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,124 total · 350 in this make and model · 1,124 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.