- Date
- January 30, 1982, 15:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place
- Oakdale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5173RCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820130002159A
- Case key
- 72063
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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 aircraft was observed to porpoise several times during the takeoff roll, become airborne with the landing gear immediately retracting, then nose down with the propeller striking, the runway. The pilot continued the takeoff and the aircraft climbed to approximately 100 feet while in a shallow left turn. The nose then pitched down and the aircraft impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5173R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200638
- Airframe hours
- 360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Davco
- Registered owner
- Davco
- Departed
- 027 · Oakdale, CA
- Destination
- 027 · Oakdale, CA
- Airport
- 027 · Oakdale, runway 28, 3,020 × 66 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 384 total · 17 in this make and model · 365 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Observed at
- SAC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.