- Date
- August 10, 1982, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Moore Haven, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68266Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820810036439A
- Case key
- 71762
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on the return portion of a cross-country flight when she deviated to avoid weather. She tried to circumnavigate around lake okeechobee, but in her opinion, the weather began to close in with the visibility decreasing in heavy rain. She elected to make a precautionary landing in an open field to wait for the weather to improve. While landing, the aircraft encountered soft terrain, the nose gear collapsed, and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68266
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-82218
- Airframe hours
- 2,698
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings International, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wings International, Inc.
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- FPR · Ft. Pierce, FL
- 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 53 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 60 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.