- Date
- June 16, 1985, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8954VCessna 172 M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850616027959A
- Case key
- 13103
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landing rnwy 36 winds were 210 degrees, 12 knots gusts 18 knots stalled out high onthe wet on the wet sod runway the nose wheel dug in and then broke off the acft then nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8954V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264310
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Torp Arrow Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1985
- Departed
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Destination
- DCR · Decatur, IN
- Airport
- DCR · Decatur Hi-Way, runway 36, 2,600 × 200 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 395 total · 12 in this make and model · 338 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 25 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.
Other investigations on N8954V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.