- Date
- August 12, 1982, 23:28 local (Aug 13, 1982, 04:28 UTC)
- Place
- North Platte, NE
- Injuries
- 33 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7345FBoeing 737-291
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812051489I
- Case key
- 72047
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that the first officer was hand flying the aircraft on the IFR approach. Both flight crew members saw the approach and runway lights and confirmed the cloud ceiling was 300 ft and visibility was 3/4 mile. The approach was continued and the aircraft descended to 200 ft AGL. The aircraft was leveled momentarily because of lost visual contact and the descent was continued until the aircraft entered patchy fog that obscured the runway. The crew stated that they were giving thoughts of going around, when the aircraft impacted the ground on the right side of the runway and the aircraft collided with runway edge lights, before the aircraft was returned to the runway and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7345F
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-291
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21750
- Airframe hours
- 10,054
- Engine
- P & W JT8D-17, 16,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Frontier Airlines
- Departed
- C · Scottsbluff, NE
- Destination
- C · North Platte, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LBF · Lee Bird Field, runway 30R, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,065 total · 760 in this make and model · 143 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.