- Date
- July 3, 1983, 19:45 local (Jul 4, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sauk Centre, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5010ACessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703028089A
- Case key
- 12245
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - thunderstormFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - continuedCause
Lack of total instrument timeCause
Vfr flight into imc - initiatedCause
Weather evaluation - disregardedCause
Forced landing
Light condition - duskFactor
Precautionary landing - performedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a precautionary landing because of weather. During the landing roll the nose gear struck a rut and the acft nosed over. The weather was IMC. The pilot did recieve a weather briefing and the weather information was accurate. The precautionary landing was made off arpt in an open field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5010A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28010
- Airframe hours
- 3,398
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C.A.P. Flying Club
- Registered owner
- C.A.P. Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- MN86 · Park Rapids, MN
- Destination
- STC · St. Cloud, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 21 in this make and model · 89 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 60 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.