# NTSB MKC85LA127: Cessna 172, N2267E, Curtis, NE, June 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1985, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Curtis, NE
- Coordinates: 40.62907, -100.510391 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6291&lon=-100.5104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33961/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA127

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - open field

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2267E-2013-04-15), registration cancelled 2013-04-15, S/N 17271213, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-71213
- Airframe hours: 240
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850608023399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850608023399A), Jun 8, 1985: Cessna 172, Curtis, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot misread windsock and landed downwind. Aircraft overran end of runway into plowed field and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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