- Date
- July 16, 1984, 21:37 local (Jul 17, 1984, 04:37 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1828XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39817
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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Analysis
About 5 min after taking off on rwy 23, the plt reported on a downwind leg of the traffic pattern. Shortly after that, the acft crashed about 2 mi south of the arpt while on a southerly heading in a left wing low attitude. During impact, the left wing tip hit the roof gable of a mobile home, then the acft struck a cinder block wall, a power line & the ground. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found during the investigation. A test of the plt's blood showed an alcohol level of 0.164%.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1828X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255928
- Airframe hours
- 1,840
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C F Bogdon
- Registered owner
- C.F. Bogdon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Muni, runway 23, 6,400 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 433 total · 360 in this make and model · 397 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKO, 2 nm away