# NTSB CHI83LA363: Cessna 172, N8164B, Grandview, IN, August 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1983, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Grandview, IN
- Location: 37.9360° N, 86.9834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grandview, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9360&lon=-86.9834&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA363
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12296/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA363

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AN UNSEEN RUT IN AN OFF ARPT LANDING ON AN UNPREPARED GRASS FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT MADE A LOW PASS OVER THIS FIELD AND SAW NO OBSTACLES SO HE DECIDED IT WAS OK TO LAND. THE HOLE THAT WAS HIT WAS HIDDEN BY GRASS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8164B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8164B-2013-02-27), registration cancelled 2013-02-27, S/N 29964, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29964
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Byron O. Ratliff
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 14, 1983, 2,200 hours before
- Departed: OWB, OWENSBORO, KY
- Destination: NONE, GRANDVIEW, IN
- Airport: NONE, runway 18, 3,600 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 707 total, 56 in this make and model, 657 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830806039439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039439A), Aug 6, 1983: Cessna 172, Grandview, IN, Substantial damage. Struck a ditch hidden by tall grass while landing on a Private strip. Impact tore off the nose gear. Nosed over.

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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