- Date
- February 23, 1985, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Nampa, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N263LTLyoyd Thompson Pober Pixie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850223005909A
- Case key
- 40120
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway light
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
Left main gear contacted runway-taxiway intersection lights during a landing roll. Acft then nosed over. Rwy width is 75 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N263LT
- Reported as
- Lyoyd Thompson Pober Pixie (POBER PIXI)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 263
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lloyd M. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- S67 · Nampa, ID
- Airport
- S67 · Nampa Municipal, runway 11, 4,050 × 75 ft, asphalt
N263LTRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Thompson Lloyd M POBER PIXIEAirframe modelThompson Lloyd M POBER PIXIEEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 6 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° 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.