Cessna 172 N1846V

Summary

On 20 June 1982 at about 01:24 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1846V, operated by Elwod Alan Ballard, was involved in an accident near Fremont, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 June 1982 at 01:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Fremont, California, United States

Nearest airport

Fremont Airport (Q59)

Coordinates

37.5003, -121.9610

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N1846V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Elwod Alan Ballard

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hollister → Fremonot

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA227

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON A FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING, A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALTITUDE OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS AT ABOUT 150 FT AGL AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRSPEED WAS LOST AFTER HITTING THE POWERLINES AND THE PLANE FELL TO THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON THE SAME RUNWAY ABOUT TWO MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID THAT HE ENCOUNTERED NO WIND SHEAR AND ONLY A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF SINK IN THE LAST 100 FT OF ALTITUDE BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. HE REPORTED SEEING N1846V IN A NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE BEFORE IT ENTERED A HIGH SINK RATE AS IF IT WAS IN A STALL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.