- Date
- September 20, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Arkansas City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80282Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860920045849A
- Case key
- 34252
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was landing on his private sod strip which had tall grass along the edges. During the landing roll, he attempted to pick up some papers that had fallen on the cockpit floor. When he looked back up, the acft had drifted to the left. The left wing contacted tall johnson grass beside the strip, then the acft veered further left & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80282
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266493
- Airframe hours
- 736
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. Eldon Richardson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1983
- Departed
- 40M · Shell Knob, MO
- Airport
- Private Strip
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.