- Date
- September 19, 1987, 20:40 local (Sep 20, 1987, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Creighton, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2061VCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34440
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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 flt dptd harvard, NE., with a dest of wausa, NE abt 1 hrs flying dist to the northeast. The departure commenced abt 1 hr and 40 min's prior to dark. The PIC stated he encountered strong headwinds along the route which delayed his progress. The acft arrived at wausa after dark. The PIC rptd no rwy ltng available. The PIC then changed his course to land at bloomfield, NE. The PIC stated no ltng was available there either. The flt was continued to Creighton, NE. Again the PIC rptd no lndg ltgs available, but due to a low fuel state, the PIC decided to land. The PIC stated that during the lndg roll in the dark, the acft encountered soft terrain and flipped inverted. The acft was not equipped with a lndg light, nor a radio. Each arpt where a lndg was attempted, were equipped with radio xmsn activated rwy lgts. An operable transceiver is mandatory to activate rwy lgts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2061V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14672
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dough Livgren
- Registered owner
- Douglas Dale Livgren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 08K · Harvard, NE
- Destination
- Wausa, NE
- Airport
- 6K3 · Creighton Muni
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 693 total · 455 in this make and model · 625 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Observed at
- SUX, 65 nm away