- Date
- December 10, 1983, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Meriden, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N104CTCessna C172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831210060409A
- Case key
- 35481
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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.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Aborted landing - delayedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The acft collided with a dirt pile and nosed over during landing. According to the plt, he landed too FAR down the rwy, attempting an abort and the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104CT
- Reported as
- Cessna C172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-67671
- Airframe hours
- 844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cap
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1983
- Departed
- Hartford, CT
- Destination
- MMK · Meriden, CT
- Airport
- MMK · Meriden, runway 36, 2,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 500 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.