# NTSB SEA85LA064: Lyoyd Thompson Pober Pixie, N263LT, Nampa, ID, February 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1985, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Coordinates: 43.600032, -116.610557 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6000&lon=-116.6106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40120/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA064

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N263LT-2013-03-26), registration cancelled 2013-03-26, S/N 263, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYOYD THOMPSON POBER PIXIE (POBER PIXI)
- Registry model: [Thompson Lloyd M POBER PIXIE](https://openairdocs.org/model/thompson-lloyd-m-pober-pixie) (registry code 0564215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 263
- Airframe hours: 6
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850223005909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850223005909A), Feb 23, 1985: Amtrai POBERPIXIE, Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. During rollout, left main gear struck a taxiway light and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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