- Date
- April 4, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winnsboro, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N733KMCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840404008569A
- Case key
- 6436
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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.
In flight collision with object
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Precautionary landing - attempted
Planned approach - improper
Object - fence
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft was making a precautionary landing because the fuel guages were indicating 'empty'. Following touchdown the pltsaw a barbed wire fence and attempted a go-around & struck the fence. After making ground contact a second time the acftcontinued through another barbed wire fence, across a paved road & into some trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Midlands Aviation
- Departed
- HWY · Conway, SC
- Destination
- CUB · Owens Field, SC
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 358 total · 98 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 183 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 23 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.