- Date
- August 8, 1982, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Overbrook, OK
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46172Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820808035039A
- Case key
- 72126
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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 stated that he began his takeoff from the very beginning of the runway, and that on rotation, the engine seemed to lose power. He stated that he observed the tachometer and saw that the engine was dropping below 1500 RPM. Subsequently, the aircraft struck the top's of trees about 150 ft from the departure end of the runway. The aircraft then crashed into the bank of a dry creek about 400 ft from the runway. A disassembly of the engine revealed no preimpact malfunction of failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46172
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264177
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jas Marcum
- Registered owner
- Jas Marcum
- Departed
- Overbrook, OK
- Destination
- Ft. Worth, TX
- Airport
- Lake Murray, runway 32, 2,500 × 100 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,840 total · 160 in this make and model · 790 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 190 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.