- Date
- July 22, 1984, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Williams, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3456Nesmith Cougar 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840722051329A
- Case key
- 24348
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While en route, the plt elected to land at the Williams muni arpt for a rest stop. He noted that rwy 2/20 was closed; however, he observed what appeared to be a new gravel strip, oriented north/south & an airplane on the arpt. The plt assumed the arpt was open & proceeded to land on the gravel strip. The surface of the gravel strip was soft. Just before the acft stopped, the nose gear collapsed & the plane nosed over. Rwy 2/20 was notamed closed until 9/1/84. During this time, construction of a new rwy (18/36) was underway. It was on this rwy that the plt had landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3456
- Reported as
- Nesmith Cougar 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HP-1
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Peeples
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 1, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- INW · Winslow, AZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- P32 · Williams Municipal, runway 18, 4,500 × 60 ft, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 238 total · 43 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 28 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.