- Date
- September 27, 1990, 18:00 local (Sep 28, 1990, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brothers, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6522VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900927043399A
- Case key
- 41267
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flight planning and decisions that led to him flying into rising terraain while engaged in low level flight activities.
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
After making a low pass over a herd of elk, the pilot attempted to climb toward rising terrain. He stated that 'we were climbing, but the terrain was out-climbing us.' He elected to stall and crash into the trees rather than attempt a turn downslope.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6522V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0748
- Airframe hours
- 2,781
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- The Pilot Shop
- Registered owner
- The Flight Shop Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1990 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- S07 · Bend, OR
- Airport
- None
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 24 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.