- Date
- November 12, 1982, 01:33 local (08:33 UTC)
- Place
- St. Ignatius, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N733UECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821112058529A
- Case key
- 72698
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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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
According to the pilot, the passenger door opened before lift off. He attempted to brake the aircraft in wet snow and ice and slid off the end of the runway into a ditch. The investigation revealed the aircraft had a past history of the entry door latch "popping open" during flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733UE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268552
- Airframe hours
- 91
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barbara J. Pierson
- Registered owner
- Barbara J. Pierson
- Departed
- 52S · St. Ignatius, MT
- Destination
- 52S · St. Ignatius, MT
- Airport
- 52S · St. Ignatius, runway 26, 2,500 × 50 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 186 total · 82 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.