- Date
- March 12, 1984, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Stamford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6794ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840312007419A
- Case key
- 21281
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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.
Analysis
The acft touched down nose wheel 1st on the 3200 ft x 60 ft asphalt rwy. As the plt attempted to hold the acft on the surface, directional control was lost & the acft went off the right side of the rwy, rolling into a muddy field. The nose wheel dug into the mud causing the acft to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6794E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172N
- Airframe hours
- 679
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stamford Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1983 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- F56 · Stamford, TX
- Airport
- F56 · Arledge, runway 35, 3,200 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 10 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.