- Date
- November 6, 1982, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Holly, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N732FMCessna T210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106059689A
- Case key
- 71053
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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 stated that during takeoff a piece of wood was picked up by a wheel and tossed against the elevator jamming itand causing him to lose control. While out of control he thought he impacted the ground. A farmers irrigation pipe one quarter mile from the airport was damaged and the aircraft had several holes in the fuselage. The pilot landed successfully at an airport 40 miles away.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732FM
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061480
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-H-4A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary Rasmussen
- Registered owner
- Harold D. Murphy
- Departed
- K08 · Holly, CO
- Destination
- GXY
- Airport
- K08 · Holly, runway 17, 4,450 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,737 total · 9 in this make and model · 1,686 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.