- Date
- May 24, 1983, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Timpson, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62969Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830524020779A
- Case key
- 20911
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft stalled on takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62969
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275370
- Airframe hours
- 421
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mort Hall Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1983 · 29 hours before
- Destination
- SHV · Shreveport, LA
- Airport
- Drummond Fly In, runway 35, 2,200 × 70 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 956 total · 295 in this make and model · 868 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °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.