Cessna 172 N75571

Summary

On 30 August 1986 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N75571, operated by Hoffman Pilot Center, was involved in an accident near Hayes Center, Nebraska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 August 1986 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hayes Center, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.5106, -101.0196

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N75571

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hoffman Pilot Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hastings → Denver

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC86LA182

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF ABOVE AN OVERCAST WITH VISIBILITIES DECREASING. HE SAW A HOLE IN THE CLOUD LAYER AND DESCENDED THRU IT. HE STATED THAT WX CONDITIONS WERE BAD BELOW THE CLOUD LAYER WITH THE VISIBILITY ABOUT 1 MILE IN FOG. THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, HE NOTICED THAT HE HAD SELECTED A RECENTLY PLOWED, SOFT FIELD. THE ACFT ROLLED A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN PULLED SIDEWAYS AND NOSED DOWN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING AND RIGHT WING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.