- Date
- March 24, 1985, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Angola, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73616Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850324010979A
- Case key
- 21708
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Analysis
The acft touched down short of the rwy following an approach to land after the plt had accomplished a x-country flt with a pass'g on board. The plt stated that he became momentarily disoriented due to haze & bright sunlight during the approach. During this short period of disorientation the acft touched down & nosed over to an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73616
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-67579
- Airframe hours
- 4,989
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Modern Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 9LA6 · Pineville, LA
- Airport
- LA67 · Angola, runway 30, 2,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 964 total · 410 in this make and model · 791 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- BTR, 38 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.
Other investigations on N73616 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.