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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Charleston, SC · July 4, 1983

Date
July 4, 1983 · 13:00 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N52471
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83LA255
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
98 total41 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claims aircraft caught in downdraft over beach and he was forced down on beach causing aircraft to invert.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMS AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT OVER BEACH AND HE WAS FORCED DOWN ON BEACH CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO INVERT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.