- Date
- February 19, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rubidoux, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8347XCessna 172C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830219004689A
- Case key
- 23619
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed alongside the runway during takeoff in windy conditions. Witnesses observed the acft stagger into the air at slow airspeed from a grass runway into a 20-30 KTS santa ana wind out of the north. The pilot stated that he attempted a soft field takeoff with 20 degrees of flaps. At 30 or 40 ft AGL he felt that he had hit a windshear or a downdraft. He applied left rudder to avoid hangars on the right. The acft hit the left wing tip and nose at the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8347X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248847
- Airframe hours
- 2,272
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don W. Odell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1982
- Destination
- TRM · Thermal, CA
- Airport
- RIR · Fla-Bob, runway 6, 3,200 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 67 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAL, 3 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.