- Date
- July 19, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sheridan Lake, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8232SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820719038699A
- Case key
- 72613
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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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was on a flight to check his fields and crops for possible hail damage. Reportedly, he decided to see how a friend was doing with his wheat harvest and to see if he had received hail damage. The pilot stated that he spotted his friend's combine and attempted to make a low pass close to the machine. He stated that he misjudged his distance and the plane made contact with the ground, then skidded about 300 ft to a stop. According to witnesses, the pilot buzzed by two combines and a grain truck. One witness reported that he thought the pilot was then going to turn around and buzz him (the witness) again; however, while in a left bank, the plane's left wing hit the ground.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8232S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061832
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Darwin Hoffman/Charles Koehn
- Registered owner
- Darwin Hoffman/Charles Koehn
- Departed
- 5K2 · Tribune, KS
- Destination
- 5K2 · Tribune, KS
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 136 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 199 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LHX, 70 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.