- Date
- August 19, 1982, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Toledo, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38220Auster A.O.P.6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820819039649A
- Case key
- 72829
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Analysis
Aircraft lost wooden propeller during cruise. Aircraft was forced to land on a highway. During approach aircraft wing hit a light pole and yawed. During touchdown it bounced hard on left main landing gear which collapsed.
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
- N38220
- Reported as
- Auster A.O.P.6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TAY334W
- Airframe hours
- 2,790
- Engine
- Dehavilland GYPSY MAJOR 7, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pete Jorgensen
- Registered owner
- Ted Hanika
- Departed
- BUV · Bellevue, WA
- Destination
- S12 · Albany, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 2 in this make and model · 529 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.