- Date
- September 12, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lamesa, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N61564Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21483
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
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Remedial action - not performedCause
Analysis
The plt stated he was following an aerial application acft & may have encountered propeller wash/downdraft. The acft collided with the ground & was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61564
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264642
- Airframe hours
- 2,144
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ben M. Dopson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1984
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None