# NTSB NYC82DA025: Cessna 172M, N3644T, Haverhill, MA, March 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Haverhill, MA
- Location: 42.7762° N, 71.0773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haverhill, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7762&lon=-71.0773&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA025

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3644T), registered now, S/N 17260849 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260849
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820321004829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820321004829A), Mar 21, 1982: Cessna 172, Haverhill, MA, Substantial damage. Landed on soft, wet, sod runway. Nose wheel sank in near end of rollout. Plane nosed over. Hard surface available.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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