- Date
- January 11, 1983, 09:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1781DCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830111000809A
- Case key
- 20787
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reported he was taking off, directly into the wind, when directional contorl was lost. Subsequently, the acft veered off the left side of the rwy & the right gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1781D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20127
- Airframe hours
- 3,102
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TPL · Temple Municipal, runway 33, 6,301 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 27.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1781D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.