- Date
- November 4, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Northwood, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2987CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901104053079A
- Case key
- 14953
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Probable cause
Poor in-flight planning and decision, unsuitable terrain selected by the PIC.
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
While attempting to land on a soft, fallow, farm field, the aircraft nosed over during the roll-out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2987C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30887
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Belzer, Terry L.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 9D7 · Cando, ND
- Airport
- NONE, runway 18, 2,640 × ft, dirt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 465 in this make and model · 720 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2987C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.