- Date
- August 9, 1983, 16:08 local (21:08 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30545Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809043679A
- Case key
- 33345
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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
A student plt in left seat made the takeoff using 10 deg flaps. At about 50 ft AGL passing over the departure end of therwy, the PIC noticed the acft was sinking & took the controls. The acft impacted trees as the PIC was avoiding power lines. The flaps were found in the up position. Density altitude was 5,000 ft. examination of the eng revealed that the right magneto was not firing. However, tests indicated this would result in a power loss of only 3.4%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30545
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264144
- Airframe hours
- 5,190
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Valley Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1982 · 185 hours before
- Destination
- K09 · Hebron, NE
- Airport
- 0V3 · Pioneer Village Fld, runway 16, 2,800 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAR, 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.