- Date
- June 12, 1983, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yerrington, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739BDCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830612024989A
- Case key
- 23747
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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 acft nosed over during a landing in a field near Yerrington, NV. After police found empty beer cans & some unidentified drugs in the aircraft, the plt resisted arrest & assaulted the officers. When interviewed at a hospital, he stated 'it was his time to go' & that 'god had told him to crash the airplane.' He also stated that a briefcase with money in it flew out the rear window & that he taped the window shut while in flt. There was tape on the window; howeverit was found on the outside of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739BD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James B. Porter
- Registered owner
- Bill R. Peece
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.