- Date
- March 2, 1983, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Borger, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29302Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830302005859A
- Case key
- 20706
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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
According to 2 plt witnesses, the acft stalled during takeoff after it had climbed to aprx 75 to 100 ft AGL. They reported that at that time, it did a wing-over, entered a dive & crashed. Reportedly, the acft was loaded to near its max gross wt limit. The arpt elevation & temp were 3052 ft & 67 deg, respectively, the eng was reportedly at full power until impact. No evidence of a preimpact failure of the acft or eng was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29302
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177-00800
- Airframe hours
- 1,549
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy Joe Schroeder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1982 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- NC
- Destination
- Raleigh, NC
- Airport
- Hutchinson County, runway 17, 6,300 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,254 total · 1,214 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 35 nm away
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 N29302 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.