- Date
- April 27, 1982, 19:50 local (Apr 28, 1982, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- New London, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68710Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820427012309A
- Case key
- 71979
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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 pilot elected to land on a private strip he was not familiar with. He was not aware of the 3-4 inches of standing water on the sod surface when he touched down. The aircraft nosed over during landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68710
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-8232G
- Airframe hours
- 1,323
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Valley Aviation
- Registered owner
- Valley Aviation
- Departed
- Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- New London, WI
- Airport
- 83C · New London, runway 18, 2,550 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 21 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.