- Date
- April 19, 1987, 18:10 local (Apr 20, 1987, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9145RCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870419010359A
- Case key
- 17208
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
An a & p acft mechanic who additionally was a commercial plt was operating a borrowed acft on a local flt. He landed on an island in a lake and shut down. Later, when airborne on takeoff, the right elevator struck a small tree and the acft yawed right. The plt lost control and the acft impacted with the sandy, grass covered ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9145R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200664
- Airframe hours
- 1,855
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robinson, Michael E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- CVN · Clovis, NM
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,120 total · 30 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCC, 55 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.