- Date
- December 11, 1982, 13:59 local (21:59 UTC)
- Place
- Renton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9846TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821211063719A
- Case key
- 72375
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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
The eng lost power during takeoff at about 200 ft AGL. The acft then executed a left descending 180 deg turn & crashed on the flightline of an acft company. Investigation revealed that the fuel filter bowl contained about 1/2 fuel & 1/2 water, and the carburetor contained water only.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9846T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47646
- Airframe hours
- 3,391
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Barth
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Barth
- Departed
- RNT · Renton, WA
- Destination
- RNT · Renton, WA
- Airport
- RNT · Renton Municipal, runway 15, 5,480 × 200 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 422 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 117 °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.
Other investigations on N9846T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.