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NTSB investigations, 1982, IN

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

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NTSB CHI83LA066Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182N · Jeffersonville, INThe aircraft engine quit at 2500 feet after takeoff. The pilot could not restart engine. A forced landing was made in anopen field and the aircraft nosed over during the rollout. No reason for the engine power loss was determined.Dec 30, 1982 · N9180G · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Batesville, INAfter completing an NDB approach to the airport, runway 18, the aircraft touched down past the midpoint of the runway. The pilot stated that during his initial attempt to brake the aircraft, before retracting flaps, the aircraft ballooned and departed the…Nov 22, 1982 · N4503R · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA042Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-44-180 · Mccutchanville, INAt about 0401 EST, the pilot took off on an IFR flight and was cleared to climb and maintain 6000 ft MSL. Radar contact was established at about 0402. After about another 30 seconds, radar contact was lost. The aircraft impacted about 3 to 4 mi from the…Nov 19, 1982 · N2161N · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA033Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Evansville, INDuring 100 hour inspection a leak was found in the left main landing gear actuator. The seals were replaced and the aircraft was test flown. The gear down green light would not come on during the test but the aircraft was landed uneventfully and put on jacks…Nov 8, 1982 · N98442 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA030Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Boonville, INOn takeoff the pilot reported the aircraft would not climb but kept settling back to the ground. The left wing hit a fence post and the aircraft nosed over.Oct 31, 1982 · N91358 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA027Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 47D1 · Georgetown, INThe pilot started to takeoff from area that was difficult to exit. He relanded once. During the 2nd attempt to fly out, the helicopter collided with trees and crashed. The pilot was not rated in helicopters, but he said he had soloed.Oct 28, 1982 · N929B · Substantial damageNTSB ATL83LA016Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Indian Mound, INApproximately 10 minutes after departure the pilot of N739RJ reported "engine problems." The pilot stated that he tried various power settings and fuel selections without success. He advised fort campbell approach control that he was landing into trees.…Oct 25, 1982 · N739RJ · DestroyedNTSB CHI83FA024Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportC. EFF VARI-EZE · Seymour, INAircraft was being taxi tested when it became airborne and flew a fast, low tentative pattern. Turning final the turn was very steep and aircraft descended to ground impacting a tree prior to ground impact. The pilot had no recorded flight time in this…Oct 23, 1982 · N122EF · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSwearingen SA227-AC · Indianapolis, INThe left wing struck a building during taxi into the passenger gate. Ground personnel were stationed on each side of the aircraft.Oct 17, 1982 · N173MA · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA019Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Indianapolis, INThe landing gear retracted at 64 mph during the takeoff roll. The takeoff was aborted and the aircraft slid on its fuselage. The landing gear systems all operated normally when checked after the accident.Oct 15, 1982 · N6803A · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA005Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman AA-1C · Madison, INAfter takeoff from a touch & go the eng lost power. The #1 cyl upper plug lead nut had backed off & the lead was found resting in the plug. The #2 & #4 cyl upper plug lead nuts had backed off & both leads were not in the spark plugs but were resting on the…Oct 4, 1982 · N8055W · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA355Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBeech G18S · Indianapolis, INThe pilot stated that the aircraft veered to the left just after rotation. He pushed the propeller, power and mixture controls forward. The left wing and left main gear struck the ground. The aircraft then began to spin while in ground contact. The left…Sep 18, 1982 · N730M · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA353Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Fort Wayne, INPlt taxied off rwy onto grass to give way to landing traffic. Paved taxiways are not available & 50 ft either side of runway is used for taxiing with the grass being kept mowed. Before he was able to taxi back onto the paved rwy the ground gave way & the nose…Sep 16, 1982 · N642MS · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA324Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-28-160 · Knox, INThe pilot departed on a flight from lake village to Knox, IN. While en route, he landed to refuel at rensselaer, IN. During the flight from rensselaer to Knox, the engine began loosing power when he was about 5 mi from the destination. When the pilot realized…Aug 21, 1982 · N5796W · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA272Accident · No injuriesFinal reportStinson 108-1 · Laporte, INThe pilot/mechanic was preparing to make an annual inspection of the aircraft. He was in the process of flight testing the plane to find defects when engine stoppage occurred. While landing in a bean field. The left tire blew out and the left gear dug into…Jul 24, 1982 · N97904 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82FA259Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-25-150 · Winamac, INThe plt was practicing aerial application maneuvers, & after making a low pass down the rwy at his private airstrip, theengine quit. The acft collided with 30-FT high power lines located at the end of the strip. A state trooper who arrived at the scene 10 to…Jul 20, 1982 · N6241Z · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA252Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 150 · Bloomington, INThe student pilot reported that during arrival, he was unable to contact UNICOM. He stated that he saw other aircraft using runway 35. A landing was made on runway 35 with the wind from 180 at 12 KTS. The pilot stated that during the roll-out, the aircraft…Jul 17, 1982 · N8381G · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA240Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Lafayette, INDuring arrival, the pilot was unable to extend the gear by using the normal (electrical) system or the manual emergency handle. After repeated attempts to correct the malfunction, he elected to land with the gear up.Jul 7, 1982 · N8103P · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA239Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 170B · Plymouth, INPilot practicing touch and go landings. During roll aircraft swerved off runway and in jumping a ditch dug a wing into ground and nosed over.Jul 6, 1982 · N8220A · Substantial damageNTSB ATL82DA194Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportCessna 182 · Madison, INThe pilot reported that he experienced a gradual loss of power on a dark night. The terrain was hilly and covered with trees, and reportedly, the pilot elected to land upwind on the Ohio river. After ditching, the occupants egressed and swam to shore, but the…Jul 4, 1982 · N5584B · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA232Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 152 · Harlan, INReportedly, the pilot was demonstrating a forced landing to the passenger by moving the mixture to cut-off. He stated that another aircraft interferred with his approach and he was unable to restart the engine to go around. Subsequently, the aircraft nosed…Jul 3, 1982 · N65609 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA220Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Hobart, INDuring takeoff, the engine lost power at an altitude of about 150 to 200 ft AGL. Subsequently, during a forced landing, the aircraft flew through a row of trees when the pilot tried to reach an open area that turned out to be a grave yard. The pilot believed…Jun 20, 1982 · N897SP · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA217Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportTaylorcraft BC12-D · La Porte, INThe pilot had flown to the airport to participate in activities of a contest that included spot landings and balloon busting. He stated that on his third pass of a balloon busting contest, he turned too tight, too slow, and the aircraft stalled. The pilot…Jun 19, 1982 · N96054 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL82DA171Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-25-235 · Ripley, INWhen the pilot arrived to spray the field for the first time, he saw powerlines along a road and saw poles on both sides of a creek. He assumed that all of the lines followed the road. He was unaware that a powerline crossed the narrow field that he was about…Jun 18, 1982 · N8544L · DestroyedNTSB CHI82FA203Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBellanca 7KCAB · Centerpoint, INThe non-rated owner/pilot crashed after taking off from a private sod strip. The impact point was about 400 ft from the departure end of the runway and 200 ft left of the centerline. According to a witness, the takeoff roll was started from a crown on the…Jun 9, 1982 · N7543F · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA197Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAdams A55 · Fritchton, INThe pilot decided to land due to deteriorating weather. A descent was initiated but the pilot was waved off by the owner of the property. The pilot regained altitude and landed in a corn field. A gust of wind caused the balloon to drift, the basket was drug…May 31, 1982 · N1062S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA189Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 172 · Evansville, INThe pilots of two Cessna 172 aircraft, N73616 and N2986U, were flying in formation while on a cross-country flight. N73616 contacted Evansville approach and was cleared to intercept the 030 degree radial, outbound from Evansville, IN. As a turn was made to…May 28, 1982 · N2986U · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB DEN82IA098Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-8-61 · Near Goshen, INThis aircraft encountered unforecast severe clear air turbulance (cat) while in cruise flight at FL350 Near Goshen, IN. As a result of the encounter, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent which was arrested at 31,500 feet. A total of seventeen…May 27, 1982 · N8088U · No damageNTSB CHI82DA190Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 310R · Evansville, INAfter the aircraft had touched down from an ILS approach, tower personnel asked the pilot if he could make the first turnoff. Shortly after that, the right gear collapsed when the landing gear rod assembly, pn 0840125-15, failed. A metallurgical examination…May 25, 1982 · N3232M · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA170Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportPlaymate SA11A · Pendleton, INThe pilot was cruising at 2000 feet with one passenger when the engine quit. He made a forced landing in a soft soybean field and the aircraft nosed over during deceleration. The aircraft revealed the exhaust system baffles were collapsed. "Blow by" was…May 15, 1982 · N4652 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA152Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-12 · Quincy, INDuring a pleasure flight, the pilot elected to make an approach to a new runway that he was building. His approach was made from west to east; the wind was reported to be from the north at 7 KTS. The pilot stated that he throttled the engine back to a normal…May 3, 1982 · N7606H · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA148Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBeech C35 · Dillsboro, INThe aircraft operated normally during taxi, run-up, takeoff, and climb to 3500 ft MSL. About 17 miles from the departureairport, the engine stopped running. During a forced landing in a dirt field, one of the main gear failed. The propellerseparated and the…May 1, 1982 · N8940A · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA147Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportMong Sport MS-1 · Pendleton, INWhen the pilot arrived at anderson, Indiana, he was unable to find the ace airport. He saw huntzinger airport, a private strip, and decided to land to find out exactly where ace airport was located. During an approach to the sod runway, the aircraft collided…May 1, 1982 · N98L · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA133Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 182 · Brazil, INThe pilot elected to land on the grass adjacent to a paved runway. While on landing roll the landing gear contacted the edge of a paved taxiway that ran perpendicular to the runway. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted.Apr 25, 1982 · N6308A · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA130Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 150 · Gary, INThe aircraft engine quit on final approach to landing at Gary municipal. A forced landing was made on a street and the aircraft collided with a street sign before nosing over into a ditch. The aircraft operator examined the aircraft at thescene and said the…Apr 23, 1982 · N50759 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA126Accident · No injuriesFinal reportRaven RX-6 · Sellersburg, INDuring a landing approach, the pilot was aware of powerlines to the left of his course. Just prior to touchdown, he became aware of a branch off of the powerlines that crossed in front of the balloon's path. He ripped out the top inflation panel; however,…Apr 18, 1982 · N2224R · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA115Accident · No injuriesFinal reportSwearingen SA226TC · Fort Wayne, INPrior to landing the crew was advised by Fort Wayne ATC that the 150 foot wide runway had been plowed 140 feet wide with 18 inch windrows on each side of the runway. The runway was reported to be 40 percent covered with finger drifts. The wind was from 010…Apr 6, 1982 · N639S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA099Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-38 · Fort Wayne, INThe student pilot was practicing landings with a headwind directly down the runway at 7 knots. During touchdown on his third landing, he lost directional control and the plane veered left and skidded off the runway. The nose gear encountered a side load and…Mar 23, 1982 · N2374F · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA094Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 172 · Clarksville, INThe pilot reported that the wind was blowing at 12 knots when he took off on a local flight. However, when he returned to land, it was from 270 degrees at about 30 knots. While landing on runway 18, the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway into…Mar 21, 1982 · N9131H · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82FA091Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421 · Richmond, INDuring a VOR approach to runway 05 when 3 miles away from the airport at minimums ground contact was not made. The pilot stated that she elected to perform a missed approach but before power was applied the copilot raised the flaps. She further stated that…Mar 18, 1982 · N33KC · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA087Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 182 · Lake Village, INThe pilot reported that the wind was from the west at 25, gusting 40 knots. During landing on runway 36, he touched down long and then attempted to go-around. At the north end of the field, the aircraft encountered soft, soggy terrain, the pilot lost…Mar 13, 1982 · N757XU · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82IA082Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportSwearingen SA-266TC · South Bend, INThe captain reported that at lift-off above VI speed, he heard a loud pop that sounded like a tire had failed. A "bright yellowish" illumination was then seen in front of the right engine. There was insufficient runway to abort, so the takeoff was continued.…Mar 10, 1982 · N323BA · Minor damageNTSB CHI82DA080Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 150 · Charlestown, INThe pilot reported that he ran out of fuel on a cross-country flight. He made an emergency landing in an open field at night. During the landing, the plane flipped over on its back.Mar 9, 1982 · N66252 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA078Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-30 · Valparaiso, INThe pilot reported encountering severe icing conditions after he had canceled his IFR flight plan and had the airport in sight. At that point, he felt that the safest alternative was to continue the approach. The approach was flown at 120 mph with no flaps.…Mar 5, 1982 · N34EE · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA064Accident · No injuriesFinal reportFairchild Hiller 227C · Bloomington, INThe aircraft was being pre-positioned for a scheduled flight. During a visual approach to land, the captain (PIC) called for the flaps to be lowered in incremental settings (16.5, 27 & 40 deg). The flap handle was moved to the appropriate positions, but…Feb 21, 1982 · N378NE · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA062Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBeech 56TC · Huntington, INDuring a night touch and go landing, the aircraft veered left and struck a snowberm as the pilot was adding power to takeoff. Snowberms were located inside of the runway lights making the usable runway less than 75 ft and possibly restricting the lighting.…Feb 21, 1982 · N291T · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82FA048Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23 · Corydon, INPrior to this flight, the aircraft had not been flown for an extended period. On the day of the accident, it had been sold. The aircraft did not have a current annual inspection and had several maintenance discrepancies. These included problems that prevented…Feb 15, 1982 · N1108P · DestroyedNTSB CHI82DA051Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 152(II) · Fort Wayne, INThe student was on his sixth touch-and-go landing when the mishap occurred. After landing and before adding power to takeoff, he looked into the cockpit to retract the flaps and remove carburetor heat. During this time, the student lost directional control…Feb 15, 1982 · N757FX · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA055Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Lebanon, INWhile the instructor was demonstrating recovery procedures from a low approach, the main gear struck snow on a small rise about 400 feet short of the runway. Subsequently, the pilot was forced to land in about 18 inches of snow and the gear failed. The…Feb 14, 1982 · N24007 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI82DA042Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-28-161 · Valparaiso, INThe right wing was observed rising and left wing striking the runway during the student pilot's third touch and go on an initial solo flight. When the main gear settled on to the runway the right wing again lifted into the air and the left wing struck a…Feb 8, 1982 · N2203B · Substantial damage