- Date
- December 6, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dateland, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55299Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821206066169A
- Case key
- 70410
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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
During takeoff, the pilot was using the right side of a private strip to avoid an area of mud. At lift-off speed, the right wing tip struck a power pole near the right side of the runway and veered toward an irrigation ditch. The pilot was able to clear over the ditch, then reduced the power before the plane touched down in a plowed field. Reportedly, the plane nosed over during the aborted takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55299
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75154
- Airframe hours
- 255
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Superstition Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Superstition Air Service, Inc.
- Departed
- P16 · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- 048 · Little River, CA
- Airport
- Private, runway 18, 2,500 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 13 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.