- Date
- November 10, 1982, 15:53 local (22:53 UTC)
- Place
- Beulah, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N739FZCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821110057999A
- Case key
- 69939
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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
Pilot said he experienced power loss during takeoff, used carburetor heat but it seemed to get worse. He landed in a soft field to right of runway. Wing hit a fence and aircraft flipped inverted. Engine kept running until crash. No malfunctions found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739FZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270520
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marvin L. Grotte
- Registered owner
- Marvin L. Grotte
- Departed
- 95D · Beulah, ND
- Destination
- Bismarck, ND
- Airport
- 95D · Beulah Muni, runway 28, 3,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 750 in this make and model · 715 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N739FZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.