32.4163° N, 91.1490° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SCOTT (M80), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 21, 1984 · 13:00 local
Place
Tallulah, LA
Airport
Scott
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3883C
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,230 total1,087 in this make and model172 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 reported brakes soft but believed he could stop anyway. Aircraft ran off end of runway into a ditch.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REPORTED BRAKES SOFT BUT BELIEVED HE COULD STOP ANYWAY. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.