- Date
- August 15, 1982, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38918Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815038169A
- Case key
- 72363
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight from hillsboro, OR to yakima, WA, to Redmond, OR and then return to hillsboro. The pilot reported a number of altitude and course deviations during the first two legs of the cross-country to avoid clouds. While on a downwind for runway 28 at Redmond, the engine lost power. Attempts to restart the engine provided power for only a short time. While making a forced landing on a road, the aircraft struck a tree and turned over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38918
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7716294
- Airframe hours
- 2,467
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stone Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Mikkelson
- Departed
- YKM · Yakima, WA
- Destination
- Maple Plain, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RDM · Roberts Field, runway 28, 6,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 12 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.