- Date
- January 13, 1985, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vermillion, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5649ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850113000669A
- Case key
- 33904
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Lift-off - prematureFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Stall/mush - inadvertent
Nose over
Analysis
On takeoff roll acft traveled through soft snow resulting in a loss of forward speed. Plt was able to continue lift off but acft settled into a plowed field just past the end of the rwy and subsequently nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5649E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271911
- Airframe hours
- 691
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kc Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Destination
- DDC · Dodge City, KS
- Airport
- Bramhall (Pvt), runway 18, 1,200 × ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 105 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKK, 48 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.