- Date
- October 1, 1983, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53445Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001052769A
- Case key
- 6355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reported he was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs & landings on rwy 11. While rolling after the 4th landing, power was applied for takeoff. At about that time, the acft veered to the left & ran off the rwy. Subsequently, it struck a drainage ditch & the nose gear failed. The acft became airborne momentarily, touched down & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53445
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274751
- Airframe hours
- 492
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagle Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro, runway 11, 8,600 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.