- Date
- June 13, 1985, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bingham, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80747Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850613024759A
- Case key
- 33964
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Remedial action - delayed
Stall - inadvertent
Lack of recent total experienceFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The plt reports that the acft began to settle while on final apch for landing. Full power was applied but the acft continued to settle. The acft hit nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. The plt had flown 11 hrs since receiving private plt certificate a year prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80747
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266727
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gale E. Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1985
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,800 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 85 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.