- Date
- August 30, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hayes Center, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75571Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830048979A
- Case key
- 34241
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Analysis
While en route, the plt encountered deteriorating wx conditions. He stated that he found himself above an overcast with visibilities decreasing. He saw a hole in the cloud layer and descended thru it. He stated that wx conditions were bad below the cloud layer with the visibility about 1 mile in fog. The plt elected to make a precautionary landing in an open field. After touching down, he noticed that he had selected a recently plowed, soft field. The acft rolled a short distance, then pulled sideways and nosed down, causing damage to the nose cowling and right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75571
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67817
- Airframe hours
- 1,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoffman Pilot Center
- Registered owner
- Richard G. Roberts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- HSI · Hastings, NE
- Destination
- Denver, CO
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 195 total · 51 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBF, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N75571 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.