# NTSB ATL84LA097: Cessna C-172, N733NU, Carolina Beach, NC, February 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1984, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Carolina Beach, NC
- Coordinates: 34.040515, -77.890151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0405&lon=-77.8902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6414/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway marking - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268427
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840211003569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840211003569A), Feb 11, 1984: Cessna 172N, Carolina Beach, NC, Substantial damage. Made unscheduled landing on a sand and grass strip due to weather. Wheel hit soft sand. Aircraft nosed over.

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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