- Date
- December 19, 1982, 15:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place
- Beatty, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8154XPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821219064649A
- Case key
- 69904
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed on a 1700 long strip at the elevation of about 3500 ft MSL. He elected to takeoff to the north in calm wind conditions and avoid sun glare off the cover of his engine and on the windshield. He stated that soft field procedures were used in order to clear a 30 ft high power line crossing his path at an angle. During takeoff, he pulled the nose up to clear the lines. He stated that he got about 20 T0 25 ft AGL when the power lines started coming up. He banked left to avoid the lines and the stall warning horn sounded. When he knew that he could not clear the lines, he set the plane down in a dry wash. The aircraft touched down about 600 ft from the departure end of the runway and all gear collapsed before it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8154X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8015264
- Airframe hours
- 740
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Dodd
- Registered owner
- Joan Campbell And Jack C. Gibl
- Departed
- 2L1 · Beatty, NV
- Destination
- Burbank, CA
- Airport
- 2L1 · Fran'S Star Ranch, runway 2, 2,700 × 80 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 8 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.