- Date
- August 24, 1982, 18:30 local (Aug 25, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sidney, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5464ESkybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820824043199A
- Case key
- 72620
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route, the pilot used his 1981 issue of the aopa airport directory to select a runway for landing at Sidney, NE. The directory showed that there was a 3800 ft sod runway (08/26) and a 6600 ft concrete runway (12/30). The pilot elected to land on the sod runway, not knowing it had been closed. During the landing, the aircraft struck a drainage ditch that had been dug across the area. The pilot stated that during landing, his forward visibility was poor and he did not see the ditch until just prior to impact. The airport manager stated that the sod runway had been closed for over a year and the runway boundary markers had been removed. Also, he said that recently, wheat had been harvested from the area previously used as a runway and a drainage ditch had been dug.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5464E
- Reported as
- Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CD-1
- Airframe hours
- 68
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435-1, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clint N. Collins
- Registered owner
- Clint N. Collins
- Departed
- Oberlin, KS
- Destination
- Sidney, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SNY · Sidney Muni
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,022 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,977 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.