- Date
- June 28, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pearsall, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200KHCessna 182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850628028749A
- Case key
- 21784
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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
A commercially rated CFI departed on a part 135 air taxi flt, but encountered deteriorating weather conditions. Circling his destination he reported that rain clouds closed in. Anticipating that he would be unable to file IFR in the air, he elected to land in an open fld. The acft nosed over in wet crops.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200KH
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1825940
- Airframe hours
- 1,574
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Star Charter
- Registered owner
- Loyd Helms
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 1985 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- SEP · Stephenville, TX
- Destination
- T30 · Pearsall, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 571 total · 23 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 211 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.