- Date
- August 21, 1983, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84843Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830821043319A
- Case key
- 12314
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a tree about 20-30 ft AGL in IMC weather after calling rochester approach at 1244 CDT to say that he was lost and in a thunderstorm. The plt was not instrument rated. Radio contact was lost at 1247 CDT. The flt originated in alton, IL at about 0930 CDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84843
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258639
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert L. Crumbley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ALN · Alton, IL
- Destination
- RST · Rochester, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 60 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST, 34 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.