# NTSB ATL95LA133: Cessna 172, N13547, Bayboro, NC, July 12, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1995, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place: Bayboro, NC
- Location: 35.1490° N, 76.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bayboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1490&lon=-76.7683&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3593
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL95LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3593/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA133

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PROCEDURE IN THAT HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WITH NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - became lost/disoriented, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr procedures - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT BECAME GEOGRAPHICALY DISORIENTED. HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND IN A FARMER'S FIELD. ON LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED INTO THE SOFT TERRAIN, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER AND REST ON THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## Factual narrative

On July 12, 1995, at 1155 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N13547, nosed over during the landing roll, after a precautionary landing in a field near Bayboro, North Carolina. The pleasure flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The aircraft sustained substantial damage; the pilot and passengers were not injured. The flight's exact departure time from Dare County Airport in Manteo, North Carolina, was not determined.

Reportedly, the pilot became disoriented while enroute to Manteo, and noticed that the aircraft fuel gauges were indicating approximately 1/2 tanks. At this point, the pilot decided to execute a precautionary landing to a nearby field. During the landing roll the airplane nosed over in the soft field, causing  the airplane to be damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13547](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13547-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 17262839, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-62839
- Airframe hours: 8750
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kitty Hawk Aero Tours
- Registered owner: Jay G. Mankedick
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 16, 1995, 70 hours before
- Departed: MQI, MANTEO, NC
- Destination: ECG, ELIZABETH CITY, NC
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 200 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EWN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950712018279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950712018279A), Jul 12, 1995: Cessna 172M, Bayboro, NC, Substantial damage. Disoriented on cross country flight. Noticed half empty fuel tanks. Elected to land in a field. Nosed over soft sod

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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