- Date
- February 23, 1982, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kingfisher, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7178ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820223017489A
- Case key
- 71269
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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
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The student pilot stated he read the wind direction as coming from the south and landed accordingly. The aircraft landed downwind, the nose wheel dug in and collapsed, and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7178A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29278
- Airframe hours
- 2,287
- Engine
- Continental O-3OO-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward W. Cook
- Registered owner
- Edward W. Cook
- Departed
- Norman, OK
- Destination
- Kingfisher, OK
- Airport
- F92 · Kingfisher, runway 17, 2,600 × 450 ft, grass/turf
N7178ARegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 81 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 335° at 20 knots
- Observed at
- OKC, 40 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.