- Date
- November 8, 1983, 20:00 local (Nov 9, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76073Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108059379A
- Case key
- 23899
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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 aircrew reported that as the acft was entering a left downwind to land on rwy 34, sparks, fire & smoke were observed emanating from the eng compartment. Reportedly, the instructor plt (CFI) assumed command of the acft, shut down the eng & attempted to land on rwy 16. During the apch to land. The acft struck wires paralleling the rwy & crashed. The wires were located about 500 ft west of rwy 16. An investigation revealed no evidence of a precrash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76073
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268113
- Airframe hours
- 1,728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- River City Air/Charter
- Registered owner
- Dean E. Henricks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 28, 1983 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- 2Q3 · Yolo County, runway 16, 6,000 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,206 total · 108 in this make and model · 2,161 as pilot in command · 196 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at
- SAC, 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.