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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Los Alamos, NM · September 5, 1983

Date
September 5, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Los Alamos, NM
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2380E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA420
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
88 total12 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to outclimb rising terrain after takeoff. Turned away too late and stalled into the mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF.TURNED AWAY TOO LATE AND STALLED INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.