- Date
- June 10, 1986, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cobb, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20052Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860610025839A
- Case key
- 7126
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported a rough running eng. He attempted a precautionary ldg during which the acft's nose wheel dug in the soft ground and the acft nosed over. Post accident inspection of the eng failed to disclose any failures/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20052
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260964
- Airframe hours
- 1,546
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Suber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Perry, GA
- Destination
- Tallahassee, FL
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,499 total · 1,499 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 27 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.