# NTSB FTW82DA149: Cessna 172, N3588S, Delaplane, AR, April 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Delaplane, AR
- Coordinates: 36.230136, -90.720733 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2301&lon=-90.7207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70446
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70446/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA149

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (cause)

## Analysis

ON LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR DUE TO WET GRASS ON THE STRIP. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SOFT SPOT ON THE RUNWAY, SANK IN AND SHEARED OFF THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT/OWNER HAD RECENTLY ADDED DIRT TO SEVERAL LOW SPOTS ON THE STRIP AND HAD NOT COMPACTED IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3588S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588S-1983-05-26), registration cancelled 1983-05-26, S/N 17250788, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-50788
- Airframe hours: 3314
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jimmie H. Rothe
- Registered owner: Jimmie H. Rothe
- Departed: CORNING, AR
- Destination: CGS, COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Airport: Private, runway 5, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 229 total, 80 in this make and model, 200 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820425011409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820425011409A), Apr 25, 1982: Cessna 172, Delaplaine, AR, Substantial damage. Nose wheel struck soft spot in runway, dug in and broke off causing airplane to flip inverted.

## Other investigations on N3588S (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI67D0418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0418), Nov 26, 1966: Cessna 172 (N3588S), Kasbeer, IL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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