- Date
- April 19, 1983, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Martinsdale, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6322DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830419015999A
- Case key
- 16066
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Reportedly, the instructor plt was on a personal/business flt with a student plt as a passenger. A landing was made on a road that had been used by crop duster plts. The plt had been informed about the presence of power lines. He saw some power lines & had landed short of their position; however, he did nto see the telephone lines that crossed the road at another location. During a subsequent takeoff down a grade, the telephone lines were obscured by sun reflecting off swow covered mountains in the background. After liftoff, the left gear hit a telephone line & the acft cartwheeled to the left & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6322D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272716
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Valley Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1983 · 48 hours before
- Destination
- 5UB · Geraldine, MT
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
- 73
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,893 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,239 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWT, 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.
Other investigations on N6322D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.