- Date
- January 22, 1982, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Carson City, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13083Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70145
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankCause
Airport snow removal - improperCause
Landing gear,main gear strut - separationFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Analysis
The aircraft struck an 18 inch high frozen snow bank that a snow plow had left stretched across the approach end of runway 09. The pilot not able to see the snow bank due to fresh fallen snow. The right main gear was sheared off and the aircraft slid to a stop off the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13083
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262483
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- F. J. Parker
- Registered owner
- F. J. Parker
- Departed
- Reno, NV
- Destination
- Carson City, NV
- Airport
- 004 · Carson City, runway 9, 5,900 × 0 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
- 76
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,680 total · 12,571 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles