- Date
- February 12, 1984, 21:54 local (Feb 13, 1984, 02:54 UTC)
- Place
- Hickory, NC
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9457CCessna C-303
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840212004559A
- Case key
- 6415
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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.
Analysis
The acft overran the rwy and collided with a fence during a night landing. The flt was hampered by an inoperative heaterand a dome light that could not be turned off. The rwy suggested for use was short with a decommissioned VASI system. The plt said she landed long and was late in detecting the rwys end. There were skid marks about 15 ft long on the rwys end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9457C
- Reported as
- Cessna C-303
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 130300177
- Airframe hours
- 365
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520 AE, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cannon Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1983 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HKY · Hickory Municipal, runway 19, 4,399 × 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,614 total · 110 in this make and model · 4,325 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.