- Date
- October 4, 1986, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roseburg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N734EPCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861004047739A
- Case key
- 40549
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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
The plt initiated the takeoff from a taxiway with a 100 ft obscured sky and 1/4 visibility in fog. The non-instrument rated plt was unable to maintain the rwy heading during initial climb. The acft drifted to the right of the taxiway and struck trees located on rising terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268799
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Wessell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1986
- Departed
- RSB · Roseburg, OR
- Destination
- S98 · Kennewick, WA
- Airport
- RSB · Roseburg Municipal
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 625 total · 396 in this make and model · 502 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSB, 5 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.