- Date
- February 11, 1984, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Carolina Beach, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733NUCessna C-172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840211003569A
- Case key
- 6414
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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.
Overrun
Airport facilities,runway marking - inadequateFactor
Brakes(normal) - delayedCause
Lack of familiarity with geographic areaFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt reported a normal landing roll until he reached the end of the hard-packed clay surface and rolled into sand. The acft mired in and nosed over. This was the pilot's first landing at this arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733NU
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268427
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Summerville Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 61J · Summerville, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- W58 · Pilots Ridge, runway 9, 3,600 × 200 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 33 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 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.