# NTSB CHI87DET04: Cessna 172P, N62629, Peru, IN, May 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1987, 04:20 local (09:20 UTC)
- Place: Peru, IN
- Coordinates: 40.749088, -86.060806 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7491&lon=-86.0608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DET04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13597/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DET04

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62629-1989-08-23), registration cancelled 1989-08-23, S/N 17275315 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275315
- Airframe hours: 1733
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870518033859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870518033859A), May 18, 1987: Cessna 172P, Peru, IN, Substantial damage. Low fuel, flew into runway landing at night. Aircraft skided off runway and nosed over. Night currency not reported

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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