- Date
- September 17, 1983, 08:58 local (13:58 UTC)
- Place
- Morland, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739HKCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830917049529A
- Case key
- 33489
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintained
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
While landing on a country road, the acft landing gear encounter a sand pit on the road. The plt reported that the plane ground looped on the sand, ran into a ditch & hit a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739HK
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270554
- Airframe hours
- 1,519
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cletus J. Rohleder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1983 · 35 hours before
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 37 in this make and model · 1,004 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.