- Date
- July 31, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Donnelly, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13359Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820731033649A
- Case key
- 70492
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.
In flight collision with object
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft floated the entire length of the runway without touching down before a go-around was started. During the go-around, the left wing collided with a tree at near-stall speed. The aircraft yawed 180 degrees and impacted the ground going backwards.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13359
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262697
- Airframe hours
- 2,462
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Carstensen
- Registered owner
- Robert Carstensen
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- U84 · Donnelly, runway 36, 2,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 336 total · 160 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.