- Date
- July 18, 1982, 05:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6215DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718029399A
- Case key
- 72536
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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 acft struck the ground at a 40-45 deg angle & left wing down 1/2 mi from the departure end of rwy 20. No discrepancies were noted in aircraft systems. An eng disassembly revealed no malfunction. It was known the four occupants had a total weight of 857 pounds & 200 pounds of baggage & cargo were on board. The recorded useful load of this acft was 787 pounds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6215D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272639
- Airframe hours
- 1,708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lehman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lehman Aviation
- Departed
- Santa Fe, NM
- Airport
- Santa Fe Municipal, runway 20, 8,322 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 130 in this make and model · 159 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °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.