- Date
- February 22, 1982, 06:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3643CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820222005059A
- Case key
- 69678
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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
On climbout, as power was being reduced from takeoff power to climb power, the engine failed for undetermined reasons. The pilot stated that he maneuvered the aircraft so that the right wing absorbed the initial impact with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3643C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31141
- Airframe hours
- 2,124
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leo Curtis Brown
- Registered owner
- Leo Curtis Brown
- Departed
- ABI · Abilene, TX
- Destination
- Plano, TX
- Airport
- ABI · Abilene Muni.
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,625 total · 840 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Observed at
- ABI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.