- Date
- January 10, 1982, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2753JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820110000429A
- Case key
- 70078
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.
Analysis
While the pilot was landing with a tailwind, the aircraft went off the left side of the runway and traveled over a raised area beside the runway. The pilot reported that the nosewheel caught on the hillside as a gust of wind was encountered and the airplane flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2753J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273646
- Airframe hours
- 823
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale E. Bowman
- Registered owner
- Dale E. Bowman
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- INW · Winslow, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- P06 · Bullhead City, runway 17, 4,000 × 60 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 15 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °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.