# NTSB ATL84LA098: Cessna C-303, N9457C, Hickory, NC, February 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1984, 21:54 local (Feb 13, 1984, 02:54 UTC)
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6415/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA098

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - air cond/heating/pressurization,cabin temp control - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural detection, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - physical impairment(other organic problem), pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,visual apch slope ind(vasi) - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - fatigue, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9457C-1992-04-14), registration cancelled 1992-04-14, S/N T30300177 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-303
- Registry model: [Cessna T303](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (registry code 2073820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 130300177
- Airframe hours: 365
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840212004559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840212004559A), Feb 12, 1984: Cessna T303, Hickory, NC, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of runway during landing and crashed through a fence.

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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