- Date
- December 26, 1982, 18:30 local (Dec 27, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Portales, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20EBCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821226066749A
- Case key
- 72296
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Analysis
Acft collided with power lines short of the rwy. Winds were gusty 27K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20EB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264363
- Airframe hours
- 3,040
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fred Bogard
- Registered owner
- Fred Bogard
- Departed
- TOW · Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- C · Sugarland, TX
- Airport
- Q34 · Portales Muni, runway 2, 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--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 50 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVS, 20 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.