- Date
- September 4, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hackensack, MN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2678LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820904043839A
- Case key
- 70934
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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 tookoff from a 2000 foot grass strip with 3 passengers and the aircraft near gross weight. The grass was 4-6 inches high. He made the takeoff and attained a height of 50-60 feet when gusts from a tree line raised the right wing. With the aircraft losing airspeed and altitude he elected to land on a road. The aircraft collided with power lines and impacted in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2678L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255878
- Airframe hours
- 2,927
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley R. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Stanley R. Johnson
- Departed
- Hackensack, MN
- Destination
- Hackensack, MN
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 50 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °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.
Other investigations on N2678L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.