# NTSB ATL84LA140: Cessna 172N, N733KM, Winnsboro, SC, April 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Winnsboro, SC
- Coordinates: 34.370372, -81.079627 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3704&lon=-81.0796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA140

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - precautionary landing - attempted, pilot in command
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command
  - object - fence
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840404008569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840404008569A), Apr 4, 1984: Cessna 172N, Winnsboro, SC, Destroyed. Became lost and low on fuel. Overshot a open landing area tried to go around then aborted struck a fence and trees.

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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