- Date
- March 22, 1982, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jetmore, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4915FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820322004859A
- Case key
- 71199
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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 aircraft was flown out to an oil well site to air drop a valve. The pilot stated that after dropping the valve he turned around in his seat to see where the valve hit and he ran the aircraft into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4915F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273101
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Cheyenne Well Service
- Registered owner
- Cheyenne Well Service
- Departed
- NESS · Ness, KS
- Destination
- NESS · Ness, KS
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 34 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DDC, 10 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.
Other investigations on N4915F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.