ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382373
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Date: | Sunday 20 March 1983 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172N |
Owner/operator: | Wings West |
Registration: | N738QA |
MSN: | 17270144 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2006 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Telma, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Telma, WA (WA32) |
Destination airport: | Seattle, WA (KBFI) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH DEEP UNPLOWED SNOW ON THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON FROZEN SNOW BUT WHEN HE RETURNED TO TAKEOFF THE SNOW WAS SOFT. HE HAD A 1200 FT LONG PORTION OF THE RUNWAY CLEARED BUT IT WAS ABOUT 10 FT TOO SHORT. JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION THE NOSE WHEEL CAUGHT THE DEEPER SNOW AT THE END OF THEPLOWED PORTION OF RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT DID NOT USE FLAPS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA83LA066 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB SEA83LA066
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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