- Date
- March 12, 1985, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Soda Springs, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8553XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850312006549A
- Case key
- 40127
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt made a precautionary landing due to an iced up pitot tube. The plt landed with excess speed and was unable to stop the acft before it overran the end of the rwy. It struck a snow bank and then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8553X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257153
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barton Hyde
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AFO · Afton, WY
- Destination
- LOL · Lovelock, NV
- Airport
- U78 · Soda Springs Muncipal, runway 16, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 305 total · 52 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °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.
Other investigations on N8553X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.