- Date
- August 18, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Afton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N50038Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820818039359A
- Case key
- 69694
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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
While en route, the piiot encountered severe weather and landed on a paved road. He stated that after about 2 hrs, the weather improved and he decided to taxi to an area where he could takeoff. While taxiing, the left wing struck a tree which pulled the aircraft off the road into a clump of trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50038
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1131
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Great Southwest Aviation
- Registered owner
- Southwestern Eye Clinic Pa
- Departed
- Afton, TX
- Destination
- Floydada, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 225 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.