- Date
- December 15, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4648FCessna P206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831215074769A
- Case key
- 6396
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Analysis
The acft undershot the rwy during landing. The weather was VMC but the landing was made one hour after official sunset. Visibility was reported as 10 miles. There were no problems reported with the arpt or acft except the plt during one radio call saying he was having trouble with the radio. During the landing, the nose wheel failed and the prop was damaged. The acft slid about 150 ft and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4648F
- Reported as
- Cessna P206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0248
- Airframe hours
- 1,586
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Summerville Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sidney Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 1, 1983 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- ILM · Wilmington, NC
- Airport
- CHS · Charleston Afb/Intl, runway 21, 7,000 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,061 total · 162 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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