- Date
- September 5, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Los Alamos, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2380ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905045919A
- Case key
- 21045
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was unable to climb above local mountainous terrain & attempted to make a 180 deg turn. The acft stalled & crashed on redondo peak.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2380E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172712258
- Airframe hours
- 1,803
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karl To. Fieldman Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1983 · 93 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 12 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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.