- Date
- September 25, 1982, 17:00 local (Sep 26, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Harrington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N123DTTanke Goldwing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820925051219A
- Case key
- 70967
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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Analysis
After a local pleasure flight, the pilot returned to a farm strip for landing. Due to a windshift, the pilot attempted a landing 90 degrees from that of the takeoff. The aircraft struck powerlines while on the approach.
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
- N123DT
- Reported as
- Tanke Goldwing
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 123
- Airframe hours
- 48
- Engine
- Cuyuna ULD 430, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Darrel D. Tanke
- Registered owner
- Darrel D. Tanke
- Departed
- Harrington, WA
- Destination
- Harrington, WA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 49 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.