- Date
- July 5, 1983, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. George, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23632Taylorcraft BC-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830705028499A
- Case key
- 12249
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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.
Nose over
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The plt elected to land on an uncultivated farm field that had been exposed to heavy rains 2 days previously. During the landing roll-out, the acft encounter soft terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23632
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1340
- Airframe hours
- 3,546
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Retka
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1982 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- D97 · S. St Paul, MN
N23632Registered now · Taylorcraft BC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 97 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.