- Date
- April 30, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Blythville, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8800UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870430013089A
- Case key
- 34377
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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.
Analysis
The eng started to slow down ten miles from the destination arpt and despite emergency measures, it stopped two miles out. The forced landing was in a plowed field and when the nose wheel dug in, the acft flipped forward to the inverted position. The investigation did not reveal any reason for the eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8800U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252706
- Airframe hours
- 530
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chism Fly. Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Donald Chism
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986
- Departed
- M36 · Brinkley, AR
- Destination
- HKA · Blytheville, AR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,109 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,043 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.