- Date
- December 2, 1987, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eden, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8674UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871202069029A
- Case key
- 7684
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt attempted to land in a farm pasture adjacent to his brother's farm. The airplane ldg gear 'dug in' on ldg, and the airplane nosed over. The student plt described the terrain as 'wet & soggy'. The student did not have an instructor's endorsement for the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8674U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252577
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vernon, Jesse H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1987
- Departed
- W77 · Sanford, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 97 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.