- Date
- March 7, 1982, 11:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Plush, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6247RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820307002639A
- Case key
- 72260
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Analysis
The pilot departed lakeview, Oregon on a local flight with two passengers on board. After a stopover at a private airstrip, he began a short field takeoff from a grass/gravel/dirt runway that was 2500 ft in length. The density altitude was approximately 4600 ft and the wind was calm. The pilot reported that after lift-off, the plane settled back to the airstrip in an area of softer surface. He reported that the plane then lost airspeed and was unable to clear a fence at the end of the strip. The aircraft caught the uppermost wire and crashed on downsloping terrain beyond the fence.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6247R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0124
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Oregon Aviation
- Registered owner
- Southern Oregon Aviation
- Departed
- Plush, OR
- Destination
- Lakeview, OR
- Airport
- Plush, runway 34, 2,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 254 total · 6 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.