- Date
- March 21, 1984, 20:30 local (Mar 22, 1984, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parchman, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84809Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840321006939A
- Case key
- 6428
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Light condition - dark night
Airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailableFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Analysis
The plt reported that during the visual approach to runway 27, he misaligned the acft with the unlighted runway and touched down left of the landing area. The acft collided with a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84809
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258621
- Airframe hours
- 2,080
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 RIES, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph E Mcbridge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Madison, MS
- Airport
- Parchman, runway 36, 5,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.