- Date
- August 9, 1983, 19:00 local (Aug 10, 1983, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jean, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N52023Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809043619A
- Case key
- 23817
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt took off from the mccarran intl arpt, las vegas, NV & flew to another arpt in the local area at Jean, NV to practice soft field takeoff & landing techniques. During his 1st soft field takeoff, he over rotated the acft & the tail cone contacted the rwy. The plt reported that he was distracted by the tail dragging the ground & allowed the acft to drift toward the left side of the rwy. Reportedly, he tried to correct the drift by applying right aileron & the acft continued off the rwy, contacted an embankment & flipped over. Aprx 20 mi north northeast at las vegas, the wind was from 080 deg at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52023
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274396
- Airframe hours
- 915
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steves Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Gary A. Ailes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- OL7 · Jean, runway 2, 4,545 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 80° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 20 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.