- Date
- March 6, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8428LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36113
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - weak iceFactor
Analysis
During landing roll out on a frozen lake. The nose wheel contacted a soft spot in the ice and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8428L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256628
- Airframe hours
- 2,497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilford Lamonthe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1987 · 47 hours before
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 667 total · 667 in this make and model · 667 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F