- Date
- June 25, 1982, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ozona, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1676SSnow 600-S2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820625027389A
- Case key
- 72134
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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
The pilot had finished a spray operation on the previous day and was moving the aircraft to a new location. During takeoff, the engine lost power and the plane was landed in a bushy/wooded area. During landing, the right wing was damaged. The pilot extinguished a fire that was confined to the exhaust system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1676S
- Reported as
- Snow 600-S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 125-2C
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Henry L. Gardner
- Registered owner
- Henry L. Gardner
- Departed
- Ozona, TX
- Destination
- Ozona, TX
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 160 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
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 N1676S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.