- Date
- August 30, 1992, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blackfoot, ID
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3545YCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920830034089A
- Case key
- 42889
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use proper airspeed for takeoff, resulting in loss of control during initial climb. Factors relating to the accident were the high da weather conditions, power line obstructions and a highway with a dirt bank at the end of the runway.
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 pilot initiated a soft field takeoff on a grass strip, and after lift-off, shifted his attention to watch the angle of climb relative to power lines at the end of the strip. The acft abruptly banked left during initial climb at a low altitude AGL, and when the pilot regained control, he aborted the takeoff near the end of the strip. The acft overran the end of the strip and impacted a dirt bank beside a highway at the end of the runway. The acft was loaded to near maximum gross weight and the density altitude was 7050.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3545Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254445
- Airframe hours
- 2,640
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Hartline, Ralph A., doing business as Blue Sky Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hartline, Ralph A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Anderson Ranch Airstrip, runway 21, 2,750 × 85 ft, grass/turf
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,122 total · 680 in this make and model · 2,581 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 17 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.