- Date
- August 3, 1982, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lander, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6476GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820803034769A
- Case key
- 71356
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot reported that the aircraft suddenly veered to the right after he had slowed to about 30 to 35 KTS. An examination revealed that the nose gear fork had failed in two places. The breaks were just below the strut attachment point and directly accross from one another. Subsequently, the nosewheel separated and the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft then traveled along on its nose, veered off the runway, and struck an irrigation ditch. It was noted that the aircraft had been used extensively for student training and was regularly operated into rough and unimproved fields.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6476G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273601
- Airframe hours
- 1,252
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- D & Z Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- D & Z Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- SD54 · Mud Butte, SD
- Destination
- Angier, NC
- Airport
- LND · Hunt, runway 21, 5,100 × 75 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 31 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 60 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.