- Date
- July 22, 1983, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6GBreezy Rlu 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830722035169A
- Case key
- 39737
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Altitude - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt was flying very low over a ridge at about 4,700 ft MSL & got caught in a downdraft. He was unable to fly out of the downdraft & struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6G
- Reported as
- Breezy Rlu 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5537
- Airframe hours
- 1,192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lynn W. Christensen
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1983
- Departed
- ELN · Ellensburg, WA
- Destination
- WA68 · Vantage, 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,300 total · 45 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 25 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.
Other investigations on N6G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.