- Date
- January 8, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elkader, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73043Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840108000299A
- Case key
- 33618
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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.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing on a snow-covered rwy after striking a snow drift. The plt said he did not see any tracks in the snow covered rwy but since there was no NOTAM closing the arpt he went ahead with a soft field landing. He said the snow grabbed the landing gear and the acft nosed over when it struck a drift.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73043
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1626250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Dutcher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- C25 · Waverly, IA
- Airport
- C22 · Elkader Muni, runway 17, 1,860 × 170 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 139 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 58 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.