- Date
- February 17, 1985, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waldron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8541CPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850217006979A
- Case key
- 33913
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The acft nosed over inverted after the left landing gear wheel contacted snow alongside the rwy during a touch and go.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8541C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-999
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Calvin K. Doll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1980 · 295 hours before
- Airport
- O6MO · Noahs Ark, runway 33, 2,950 × 30 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
- 54
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 200 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.