- Date
- February 11, 1988, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kimball, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12600Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880211046569A
- Case key
- 34540
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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The pilot said that he was using outdated charts for his destination apt. He failed to notice a new runway. He also failed to notice the yellow x's, signifying closure of the old runway. It was almost parallel to the runway, within ten degrees of heading. Ldg on the closed runway, and rolling out, he noticed a 2 to 3 foot snow bank across his path. He added power and flew over the obstacle and relanded on the other side. He said he felt he could not stop in the remaining distance, and elected to abort the landing and go around. He was unable to clear the fence on the boundary and the nose gear caught the wires. The aircraft flipped over and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12600
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262103
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ortner Farms, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ortner Farms Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1987 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 8V5 · Holyoke, CO
- Airport
- IBM · Kimball, runway 11, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 233 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNY, 35 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.