- Date
- March 24, 1984, 21:50 local (Mar 25, 1984, 04:50 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6521RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16205
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees and the ground during a night forced landing. The acft had made some strange sounds and started vibrating after takeoff. A glide was set up for a forced landing. Since the arpt could not be reached a landing was made on a dry river bed. Exam of the prop showed 6 3/4 inches of one blade were missing and could not be located. Failure of the blade was determined to be from a pre-existing fatigue crack. The plt said the acft is operated off of a gravel strip in new Mexico.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6521R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0190
- Airframe hours
- 994
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn E. Illa Faye Widener
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1983 · 127 hours before
- Destination
- TCC · Tucumcari, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GXY · Weld County, runway 9, 7,035 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,845 total · 410 in this make and model · 2,650 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days · 96 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNL, 20 nm away
Other investigations on N6521R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.