- Date
- December 18, 1982, 13:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Richland, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N82PBBurke-Parker Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218064659A
- Case key
- 72383
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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
Witnesses first observed the acft proceeding southbound over the departure end of rwy 19 at an altitude of APPROXIMATELY50 ft. the acft then continued southbound at tree-top level for approximately 1 mile in level flt. It then turned eastbound & shortly after rolling out of the turn struck the top branches of a scrub tree approximately 115 ft high.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82PB
- Reported as
- Burke-Parker Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 307
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Onan DD-13, 18 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Everette Parker
- Registered owner
- Everette Parker
- Departed
- Richland, WA
- Destination
- Richland, WA
- Airport
- Richland
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 720 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.