- Date
- May 7, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Furnace Creek, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9962VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830507018199A
- Case key
- 23705
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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.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
While landing on rwy 33, the plt saw soft terrain ahead as he approached the end of the rwy. He elected to turn left off the rwy to stop; however, the acft encountered soft terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9962V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64580
- Airframe hours
- 1,493
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter V. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- L06 · Furnace Creek, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L06 · Death Valley, runway 33, 3,300 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 596 total · 571 in this make and model · 473 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.