- Date
- February 14, 1984, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55277Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840214003399A
- Case key
- 33631
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on the final leg of a x-country flt. While landing with a gusty x-wind, the acft veered off the rwy, encountered soft terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55277
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275150
- Airframe hours
- 433
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-DLJ, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Loren White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1983 · 115 hours before
- Departed
- COU · Columbia, MO
- Destination
- 3DW · Springfiled, MO
- Airport
- 3DW · Springfield Down Town, runway 28, 3,845 × 35 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 211 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 6 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.
Other investigations on N55277 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.