- Date
- August 17, 1982, 18:30 local (Aug 18, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buckeye, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733QECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820817070069A
- Case key
- 70068
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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 pilot was on a flight to a private dirt strip. While on final approach to land, the sun was in his eyes and he did not see a 3 ft high mound of dirt near the threshold. The left main gear hit the dirt and sheared from the aircraft. After touchdown, the aircraft veered to the left into a concrete ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733QE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268459
- Airframe hours
- 2,003
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Sales
- Registered owner
- Flight Sales
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Destination
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- Holly Airstrip, runway 27, 2,740 × 0 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 21 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 223 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.