- Date
- January 23, 1982, 18:20 local (Jan 24, 1982, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lapine, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8172BCessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820123001749A
- Case key
- 71365
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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.
Analysis
When the pilot landed at lakeview,OR,he checked the weather but reported to his passenger that although the weather was bad he did not want to stay in lakeview. The aircraft departed lakeview, following a highway, when the weather conditions continued to deteriorate the pilot attempted to land on a highway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8172B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29972
- Airframe hours
- 2,828
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- S J Veentjer
- Registered owner
- S J Veentjer
- Departed
- Lakeview, OR
- Destination
- Portland, OR
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 51 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 109 °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.