# NTSB MKC82IA143: Boeing 737-291, N7345F, North Platte, NE, August 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 23:28 local (Aug 13, 1982, 04:28 UTC)
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Coordinates: 41.129646, -100.770317 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1296&lon=-100.7703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 33 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82IA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82IA143

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather observation - delayed, atc personnel(fss) (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - improper, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - flare - not performed, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-291
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21750
- Airframe hours: 10054
- Engines: P & W JT8D-17 16000 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.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19820812051489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812051489I), Aug 12, 1982: Boeing 737291, North Platte, NE, Minor damage. Pilot entered a low level fogbank on approach and contacted the ground with right main gear off the runway.

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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