- Date
- June 8, 1985, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Curtis, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2267ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850608023399A
- Case key
- 33961
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he misread the windsock and made a downwind landing resulted. The acft overran the end of the grass rwy and nosed over when the nose gear contacted a plowed fld. The arpt operator reported the winds were from 180 degs at 18 KTS when the landing took place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2267E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-71213
- Airframe hours
- 240
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herrold Alvin James III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- NE23 · Utica, NE
- Destination
- 47V · Curtis, NE
- Airport
- Curtis, runway 17, 2,200 × 290 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 296 total · 240 in this make and model · 269 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBF, 43 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.