- Date
- April 28, 1982, 09:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Litchfield Park, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5434DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820428012679A
- Case key
- 71440
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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
The student was a private pilot who was practicing for a commercial certificate. During the flight, he elected to make a simulated emergency landing on a dirt strip. He stated that during the takeoff phase of a touch and go, he encountered a dust devil. Reportedly, he approached a stall condition while attempting to clear trees, then impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5434D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272569
- Airframe hours
- 1,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Litchfield Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Harry Raymond, Jr.
- Departed
- Litchfield Park, AZ
- Destination
- Litchfield Park, AZ
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 12 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.