Accident Cessna TR182 N9145R, Sunday 19 April 1987

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Date:	Sunday 19 April 1987
Time:	18:10 LT
Type:	Cessna TR182
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N9145R
MSN:	R18200664
Total airframe hrs:	1855 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-540-L3C5D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Santa Rosa, NM - United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Clovis, NM (KCVN)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
AN A & P ACFT MECHANIC WHO ADDITIONALLY WAS A COMMERCIAL PLT WAS OPERATING A BORROWED ACFT ON A LOCAL FLT. HE LANDED ON AN ISLAND IN A LAKE AND SHUT DOWN. LATER, WHEN AIRBORNE ON TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT ELEVATOR STRUCK A SMALL TREE AND THE ACFT YAWED RIGHT. THE PLT LOST CONTROL AND THE ACFT IMPACTED WITH THE SANDY, GRASS COVERED GROUND.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: