- Date
- November 7, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Hope, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5301DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821107058589A
- Case key
- 72287
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot estimated that the wind was from 210 to 220 deg at 15 KTS. He reported that the grass runway was soft and wet. For takeoff on runway 18, he used 10 deg of flaps and about 1/2 of the available aileron while using a soft field takeoff procedure. The pilot stated that he encountered a sudden gust of wind and the plane began to drift left. Subsequently, the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5301D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272553
- Airframe hours
- 714
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- K.M. Messerang
- Registered owner
- Swedair Inc.
- Departed
- 6Y2 · Port Hope, MI
- Destination
- Pontiac, MI
- Airport
- 6Y2 · Air Port Hope, runway 18, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 27 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 215° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 56 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.