- Date
- April 10, 1986, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mojave, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2762UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860410011989A
- Case key
- 25117
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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 wing struck a tree during taxi on a dirt road being used for takeoff. The CFI said that he did not make a survey to identify obstructions before the taxi for takeoff. The acft had landed on the road when the CFI could not regain eng power following a simulated emergency procedure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2762U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250362
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Franklin 6A8-215-B7F, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy P. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TSP · Tehachapi, CA
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,900 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWD, 16 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.