- Date
- September 13, 1987, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Edmond, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N179FRCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870913051639A
- Case key
- 22428
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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
The pilot executed a short field approach to a private airstrip. During the landing roll the nose gear collapsed resulting in the aircraft's nose contacting the terrain. No reason for the nose gear collapse could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N179FR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273136
- Airframe hours
- 5,521
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- The Airmen Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 17, 1986 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- OK99 · Wynn, runway 17, 2,500 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 12 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 N179FR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.