- Date
- February 13, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Navajo Dam, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8862BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820213004069A
- Case key
- 71835
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot landed at an unattended airport on what he thought to be approximately 2 inches of snow. It turned out to be 8 inches and the aircraft turned over on landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8862B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36562
- Airframe hours
- 1,524
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold E. Lamunyon
- Registered owner
- Harold E. Lamunyon
- Departed
- Durango, CO
- Destination
- Navajo Dam, NM
- Airport
- IVO · Navajo State Park, runway 24, 5,000 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 270 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Temperature
- 106 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 20 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.