- Date
- June 29, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49483Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840629074689A
- Case key
- 21384
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Planning/decision - improperCause
Analysis
The plt reported that after he had landed & decelerated almost to taxi speed, the nose gear dug into soft terrain as he was turning off the landing area. The acft then slowly nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49483
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281302
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ludie V. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Washington, OK
- Airport
- Paradise Air Haven
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 20 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.