- Date
- September 5, 1983, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3584QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905046049A
- Case key
- 23843
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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
According to tower personnel, the plt landed aprx 2000 ft down the rwy, then initiated a go-around. As the acft was climbing, the nose was in a higher than normal attitude, the airspeed was slow, and the acft drifted to the right. Subsequently, it impacted with trees aprx 1/2 mile from the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3584Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61684
- Airframe hours
- 2,645
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur J. Marek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1982 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- TVL · S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TVL · South Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 44 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.