- Date
- November 7, 1982, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alamo, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41783Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821107057059A
- Case key
- 69709
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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 object
Object - tree(s)
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
After takeoff from a desert road the acft settled & struck a yucca tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41783
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 610
- Airframe hours
- 1,430
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fleischman, Robert W.
- Registered owner
- Fleischman, Robert W.
- Departed
- C · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- C · Las Vegas, NV
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 231 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 75 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.