- Date
- March 21, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Haverhill, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3644TCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820321004829A
- Case key
- 70979
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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 landed on a wet and muddy strip beside a hard topped runway. After traveling about 100 ft down the strip, the wheels began to sink. As the plane almost came toa stop, the nose wheel sank into the mud and the plane slowly nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3644T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260849
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dutton Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Dutton Flying Service
- Departed
- Norwood, MA
- Destination
- Brooksville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Haverhill, runway 32, 2,100 × 95 ft, dirt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 138 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °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.