- Date
- October 6, 1983, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Virginia City, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N65966Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831006053839A
- Case key
- 24051
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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 collided with rising terrain while on a photographic flt for nat'l geographic of mountainous terrain around Virginia City. A witness said the acft flew too low and slow and hit the up-slope terrain with the left landing gear while circling. The acft nosed over and ended up inverted. The pilot stated on the form 6120.1 that she experienced a power interruption. However, the pilot told her employer that she was low and slow on this flt and the employer relayed the information to the investigator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65966
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75935
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Carson Tahoe Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hale Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 29, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- 004 · Carson City, NV
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,885 total · 289 in this make and model · 4,439 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 13 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.