- Date
- February 15, 1983, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Dove Creek, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84631Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830215004069A
- Case key
- 16039
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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 acft crashed during a low pass over the snow covered runway. The pilot stated that he made two low passes over the rwy during the 2nd pass 'the acft was in ground, effect with mild up and down drafts using minimal power setting.' The left wing was down due to left crosswind. The pilot was flying from the rt. Seat and 1st looked out the rt window. 'We were 3 to 4 ft above the snow at about 65-70 mph. I looked to the front then to my left. The acft went into an abrupt nose low attitude. The rt wing hit then cartwheeled to the left.' In a written report the pilot wrote, 'when I made the 2nd pass I should have been substantially higher with 5 to 10 KTS more airspeed.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84631
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53883
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert A Halbert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1982
- Departed
- 6V6 · Nucla, CO
- Airport
- 8V6 · Dove Creek, runway 19, 4,000 × 135 ft, snow
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 784 in this make and model · 1,221 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
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 N84631 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.