- Date
- June 18, 1982, 19:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- North Myrtle Be, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69SCCessna 402C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820618023809A
- Case key
- 72043
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot made a VOR approach to runway 05, but was unable to see well enough at the mda to land. He was informed that other aircraft had previously landed on runway 23 and had reported better visibility. The pilot then requested and was vectored for an ILS approach to runway 23. The pilot recalled that during the ILS approach, the wind was reported to be from 306 degrees at 12 knots. During the landing, the aircraft touched down in standing water and veered right. The pilot reported that the plane subsequently departed the runway, ran into deep water and soft terrain, and the nose gear hit a VASI light and failed. The pilot reported that when he stepped out of his aircraft, the water was ankle deep beside the runway and the rain was coming down in sheets. Another pilot reported vertical windshear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0041
- Airframe hours
- 1,330
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- The Slosman Corporation
- Registered owner
- The Slosman Corporation
- Departed
- Lumberton, NC
- Destination
- North Myrtle Be, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CRE · Grand Strand, runway 23, 5,996 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18,146 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N69SC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.