- Date
- December 12, 1982, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Katy, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54667Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821212063679A
- Case key
- 71235
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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
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
During landing the nose wheel contacted a 12 inch rice field type mud dam & the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54667
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275033
- Airframe hours
- 412
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arthur L. Kurio
- Registered owner
- Arthur L. Kurio
- Departed
- 9XS9 · Katy, TX
- Destination
- 9XS9 · Katy, TX
- Airport
- 9XS9 · Harbican, runway 27, 2,700 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N54667Registration cancelled Jan 3, 2008 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 84 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.