- Date
- December 22, 1982, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Nash, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14084Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821222064949A
- Case key
- 71827
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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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Preflight briefing service - not usedCause
Nose over
Precautionary landing - performed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
Pilot encountered fog and decided to land in a wheat field looked frozen but was soft and aircraft nosed over. There were 3 local airports within 20 miles.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14084
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17944
- Airframe hours
- 8,682
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis D. Leatherbury
- Registered owner
- Robert Huber
- Departed
- Lawton, OK
- Destination
- Manchester, OK
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.