Cessna 172N N4678G
27 April 1987 · Union Grove, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 April 1987 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N4678G, operated by Missionary Aviation Institute, was involved in an accident near Union Grove, North Carolina, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Union Grove, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- 36.0198, -80.8592
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N
- Registration
- N4678G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Missionary Aviation Institute
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mocksmille → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL87LA127
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SOFT-FIELD LDG IN A PLOWED FIELD AT A FRIEND'S FARM. HE HAD NOT LANDED THERE PREVIOUSLY. AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE ON THE MAIN LDG GEAR, THE NOSEWHEEL DUG INTO A RISE IN THE TERRAIN AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER INVERTED. THE PLT NOTED THAT THE FIELD WAS MUDDY AT THE TIME.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 24 Sep 1987 | Cessna 150E | Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States | Professional Pilot, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 1987 | Piper PA-38-112 | Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |