- Date
- May 8, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Escalante, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5501RCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830508018009A
- Case key
- 16074
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain and nosed over off the departure end of the runway during takeoff. The runway in use was 12 and the wind was from 180 degrees at 5 KTS gusting to 15 KTS. The runway is 5000 feet long and 60 feet wide. The field elevation is 5740 feet and the temperature was 70 degrees f. the density alt. Was about 7500 feet. The acft wing tanks were full and there were 4 persons on board. The pilot stated that the acft skipped to the left just prior to takeoff and then would not climb over 50 feet. He could not get the acft back over the runway. The stall warning soundedso he put the wheel forward and the plane touched the end of the runway, skipped over a gully and hit on the wheels on the side of a hill about 200 off the end of the runway. The nose gear dug into the soft dirt and the acft nosed over. Noone was injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5501R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253071
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brant C. Calkin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1982
- Destination
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Airport
- 1L7 · Escalante, runway 12, 5,000 × 60 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 813 total · 682 in this make and model · 682 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.