- Date
- May 20, 1983, 13:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N757SPCessna TRI82
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830520020579A
- Case key
- 39694
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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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
During takeoff, the engine lost power after the plt started to make a turn at aprx 500 ft AGL. An emergency landing was made in a plowed field with the gear & flaps retracted. After touchdown, the acft slid aprx 100 yards, then stopped in a canal. An investigation revealed that the acft had just received maintenance on the magnetos for compliance of an AD which require replacement of a gear. An engine teardown revealed that a retaining screw for the cam in the magneto was loose. Reportedly, the passenger was not wearing a shoulder harness & received a fractured sternum & multiple bruises, especially about the head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757SP
- Reported as
- Cessna TRI82
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201261
- Airframe hours
- 348
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Spencer P. Call
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1982 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- AFT · Afton, WY
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning, runway 34, 5,157 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,398 total · 331 in this make and model · 1,331 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.