- Date
- May 6, 1986, 18:15 local (May 7, 1986, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5014ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860506037589A
- Case key
- 40402
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Remedial action - delayedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
On ground/water collision with object
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
Nose over
Analysis
During rollout on the third touch & go landing the student had control of the acft. While preparing for a downwind takeoff the acft drifted across the rwy and into a grass area. The instructor was unable to regain directional control. The acft contacted a manhole cover, the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5014E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1721693
- Airframe hours
- 1,279
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Lovitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1986
- Airport
- YKM · Yakima Air Terminal, runway 27, 7,603 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 112 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.