# NTSB ATL83LA236: Cessna 172, N5284D, Gastonia, NC, June 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1983, 09:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Gastonia, NC
- Coordinates: 35.209499, -81.23088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2095&lon=-81.2309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6098
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6098/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA236

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON A ASR APPROACH AND SIGHTED THE RUNWAY AT 1/2-MILE OUT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 800 FEET AGL. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE AT ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AT 68 KTS WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS. BRAKING WAS LESS THAN GOOD AND THE ACFT HIT A BARRIER AT RUNWAYS END WHICH CAUSED IT TO NOSE OVER. THE PILOT STATED IT WAS RAINING AT TIME OF LANDING WITH STANDING WATER ON THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5284D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5284D), registered now, S/N 17272493, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272493
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: L.F. Zerfoss Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: AVL, ASHEVILLE, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 0A6, Gastonia Municipal, runway 30, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 970 total, 791 in this make and model, 875 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLT, 11 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830622026529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830622026529A), Jun 22, 1983: Cessna 172N, Gastonia, NC, Substantial damage. Landed long on wet runway. Aircraft hydroplaned. Pilot failed to go around. Slid off end of runway and overturned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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