# NTSB FTW85LA114: Cessna 172E, N3818S, Hobart, OK, February 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1985, 20:15 local (Feb 10, 1985, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Hobart, OK
- Coordinates: 35.02061, -99.090888 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0206&lon=-99.0909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA114

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

AT 1515 CST, THE PLT CONTACTED A FSS & WAS ADVISED THAT A FRONT WOULD BE MOVING THRU THE DESTINATION (HOBART) AREA AT ABOUT 2200. WHEN HE DEPARTED STILLWATER AT 1840, THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH. AT 2004, THE PLT CONTACTED ALTUS AFB & WAS ADVISED THAT THE WINDS WERE 210 TO 220 DEGS AT 14 KTS. THINKING THE WINDS AT HOBART WOULD BE SOUTHERLY, HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 17. DURING THE LANDING, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END, HIT A DITCH & NOSED OVER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE NOTED THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTH AT 10 GUSTING TO 20 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3818S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3818S-2012-11-13), registration cancelled 2012-11-13, S/N 17251018, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251018
- Airframe hours: 3380
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William L. Bolding
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 18, 1984, 51 hours before
- Departed: SWO, STILLWATER, OK
- Airport: HBR, Hobart, runway 17, 5,280 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850209019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850209019119A), Feb 9, 1985: Cessna 172E, Hobart, OK, Destroyed. Landed downwind and departed end of runway into ditch. Aircraft flipped over. Pilot did not check wind sock.

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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