# NTSB MKC86LA182: Cessna 172, N75571, Hayes Center, NE, August 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Hayes Center, NE
- Coordinates: 40.510627, -101.019569 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5106&lon=-101.0196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA182

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather evaluation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75571), registered now, S/N 17267817, built 1976 (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: 67817
- Airframe hours: 1527
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860830048979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860830048979A), Aug 30, 1986: Cessna 172N, Hayes Center, NE, Substantial damage. The aircraft flipped during a precautionary landing in an open field. The VFR pilot was caught in IFR conditions.

## Other investigations on N75571 (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC93LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA033), Oct 17, 1992: Cessna 172N II (N75571), Waverly, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN UNAVOIDABLE COLLISION WITH A DEER.

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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