Cessna 172F N5501R

Summary

On 8 May 1983 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172F registered N5501R, operated by Brant C. Calkin, was involved in an accident near Escalante, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 May 1983 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Escalante, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Escalante (1L7)

Coordinates

37.7691, -111.6007

Aircraft

Cessna 172F

Registration

N5501R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brant C. Calkin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Santa Fe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA110

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. THE RUNWAY IN USE WAS 12 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 180 DEGREES AT 5 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE RUNWAY IS 5000 FEET LONG AND 60 FEET WIDE. THE FIELD ELEVATION IS 5740 FEET AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 70 DEGREES F. THE DENSITY ALT. WAS ABOUT 7500 FEET. THE ACFT WING TANKS WERE FULL AND THERE WERE 4 PERSONS ON BOARD. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACFT SKIPPED TO THE LEFT JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AND THEN WOULD NOT CLIMB OVER 50 FEET. HE COULD NOT GET THE ACFT BACK OVER THE RUNWAY. THE STALL WARNING SOUNDEDSO HE PUT THE WHEEL FORWARD AND THE PLANE TOUCHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, SKIPPED OVER A GULLY AND HIT ON THE WHEELS ON THE SIDE OF A HILL ABOUT 200 OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. NOONE WAS INJURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.