- Date
- February 11, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brighton, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8863UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14047
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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.
Overrun
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Planned approach - inadequateCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8863U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252778
- Airframe hours
- 1,556
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Nordrum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- Y47 · New Hudson, MI
- Airport
- 45G · Brighton Field, runway 4, 2,660 × 24 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 57 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N8863U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.