# NTSB FTW86LPJ01: Cessna 172, N6069E, Kremlin, OK, October 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Kremlin, OK
- Coordinates: 36.400501, -97.859741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4005&lon=-97.8597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LPJ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22105/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LPJ01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - misread, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED IN A WHEAT FIELD ADJACENT TO THE SOD RWY. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN A SMALL DITCH DURING ROLLOUT. THE PLT SAID HE MISTOOK THE GREEN WINTER WHEAT FOR THE SOD RWY WHICH WAS NOW BROWN DORMANT GRASS FROM A FROST AND NOT GREEN AS IT WAS WHEN THE PLT SAW IT LAST SUMMER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6069E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6069E-2011-12-16), registration cancelled 2011-12-16, S/N 17271988, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1721988
- Airframe hours: 2512
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John Hicks
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 1985, 16 hours before
- Departed: ENID/WOODRING, OK
- Airport: Zaloudek, runway 17, 4,600 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 74; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 476 total, 19 in this make and model, 410 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °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 19851025054209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025054209A), Oct 25, 1985: Cessna 172N, Kremlin, OK, Substantial damage. Landed in wheat field parallel to runway by mistake. Aircraft flipped over after nose wheel struck a depression.

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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