Cessna 172N N517OK

Summary

On 30 January 1983 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N517OK, operated by Alladin Aviation, was involved in an accident near Lake Wohlford, California, 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

30 January 1983 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Wohlford, California, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Wohlford (L68)

Coordinates

33.0899, -116.9395

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N517OK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Alladin Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Carlsbad

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA086

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 RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STARTED A TAKEOFF ON A 1500 FOOT DRY RUNWAY. AFTER ABOUT 1000 FEET OF RUNWAY HAD BEEN USED THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE ACFT SKIDDED 350 FEET ON ASPHALT, RAN THROUGH A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER AND SKIDDED ANOTHER 145 FEET ON DIRT RUNWAY. AT THE RUNWAYS END THE ACFT WAS MOVING SLOWLY AS IT STARTED DOWN AN INCLINE. DURING THIS TIME THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.