- Date
- August 26, 1983, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9450BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830826044619A
- Case key
- 39758
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled into an apple orchard during an attempted go-around. The plt said he was being pushed by a crosswind and during the initial flare was unable to correct so he decided to go-around. During go-around the acft was to the leftof the rwy. The plt attempted to clear apple bins, entered a stall and crashed into the apple orchard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9450B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55250
- Airframe hours
- 2,459
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-C, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce A. Burk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1982 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- OMK · Omak, WA
- Destination
- S10 · Chelan, WA
- Airport
- S10 · Chelan Municipal, runway 20, 3,650 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 38 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 21,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 30 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.