- Date
- July 28, 1982, 06:10 local (11:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bruce, WI
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53056Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728038679A
- Case key
- 70057
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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.
Analysis
The pilot departed an alfalfa field that was eight inches high and heavily saturated with dew. A witness stated that upon takeoff the nose of the aircraft was abruptly raised, the aircraft rose about 50 feet, the left wing dropped, the aircraft descended, and the left wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53056
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1724675
- Airframe hours
- 550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul W. Grzybowski
- Registered owner
- Clifford D. Snyder
- Departed
- Bruce, WI
- Destination
- Bruce, WI
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 45 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.