- Date
- April 27, 1987, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Union Grove, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4678GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870427011629A
- Case key
- 7419
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was attempting to make a soft-field ldg in a plowed field at a friend's farm. He had not landed there previously. After initial touchdown was made on the main ldg gear, the nosewheel dug into a rise in the terrain and the airplane nosed over inverted. The plt noted that the field was muddy at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4678G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273304
- Airframe hours
- 2,931
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Missionary Aviation Institute
- Registered owner
- Lester Burnette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 13, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 31A · Mocksmille, NC
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 80 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT, 30 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.