- Date
- August 2, 1982, 09:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- 44mi Nw Mccarth, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84345Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820802033999A
- Case key
- 69655
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 - in flight
Proper climb rate - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Shortly after liftoff from a short gravel strip the aircraft settled back onto the rough terrain and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84345
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258432
- Airframe hours
- 2,502
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- H.R. Vaden
- Registered owner
- H.R. Vaden
- Departed
- Gukana, AK
- Destination
- Solo Creek, AK
- Airport
- Solo Creek, runway 20, 1,500 × 100 ft, gravel
N84345Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 272 in this make and model · 497 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 109 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.