Cessna 172 N68266

Summary

On 10 August 1982 at about 19:10 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N68266, operated by Wings International, Inc., was involved in an accident near Moore Haven, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 August 1982 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Moore Haven, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N68266

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wings International, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lakeland → Ft. Pierce

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA82DA169

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE RETURN PORTION OF A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN SHE DEVIATED TO AVOID WEATHER. SHE TRIED TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE, BUT IN HER OPINION, THE WEATHER BEGAN TO CLOSE IN WITH THE VISIBILITY DECREASING IN HEAVY RAIN. SHE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD TO WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO IMPROVE. WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.