# NTSB MIA82DKJ03: Cessna 172, N5559T, Malone, FL, January 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Malone, FL
- Coordinates: 30.950841, -85.159477 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9508&lon=-85.1595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DKJ03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DKJ03

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A RUNWAY WITH 800 FEET OF HARD SOD AND 2700 FEET OF SOFT DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE DIRT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5559T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5559T), registered now, S/N 17251459 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251459
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: W. E. Wilks
- Registered owner: W. E. Wilks
- Departed: 4J9, WARWICK, GA
- Destination: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Airport: Taylor Farms, runway 36, 3,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,619 total, 300 in this make and model, 3,530 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19820115001139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820115001139A), Jan 15, 1982: Cessna 172E, Cambellton, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped inverted when nose wheel dug into soft area during landing.

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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