- Date
- November 16, 1983, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sargent, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3630XAero Commander 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831116059629A
- Case key
- 33592
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentFactor
Precautionary landing - attemptedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - utility poleFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot became dioriented on a flight from hastings, NE enroute to Sargent, NE. He decided to land on a county road west of Sargent. During the landing the acft right wing tip struck a pole and the acft tipped up on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3630X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 358
- Airframe hours
- 2,877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Westbrook Clinic Pc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1982 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- HSI · Hastings, NE
- Destination
- 09K · Sargent, NE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 106 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BBW, 22 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.