- Date
- July 28, 1982, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laurinburg, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N733JUCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728035459A
- Case key
- 71388
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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 weather briefing forecast thunderstorms however the pilot took off on a cross country and circumnavigated two cells. The air became turbulent so the pilot decided to land in a plowed field. A downdraft caught the plane and it landed nosedown and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733JU
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-68337
- Airframe hours
- 1,883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William R. Ameen
- Registered owner
- William R. Ameen
- Departed
- Dillon, SC
- Destination
- Bennettsville, NC
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 968 total · 450 in this make and model · 863 as pilot in command · 139 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.