- Date
- May 18, 1987, 04:20 local (09:20 UTC)
- Place
- Peru, IN
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62629Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870518033859A
- Case key
- 13597
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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 was attempting a cross country VFR flight and was making a second precautionary landing to avoid severe weather. On landing the pilot landed hard, collapsed the nose gear, exited the runway and nosed over in soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62629
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275315
- Airframe hours
- 1,733
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Aurora
- Registered owner
- Air Aurora, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 5, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- OKK · Kokomo, IN
- Destination
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- I76 · Peru Munic., runway 36, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 18 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 32,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUS, 9 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.