- Date
- June 30, 1984, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Summerville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3JRCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630028159A
- Case key
- 6489
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A witness observed the aircraft as the pilot attempted a downwind takeoff. The takeoff roll was longer than normal. The aircraft was observed to become airborne about 2000 ft down the rwy. The aircraft never established a positive rate of climb but the nose was oscillating up and down. The aircraft was estimated to be between 30 and 50 ft above the ground when the nose dropped and it started to rotate to the right. The aircraft impacted on the airport in a nose low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3JR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273584
- Airframe hours
- 272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2A9, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Schultz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Summerville, SC
- Airport
- J.E. Lockliar, runway 3, 4,000 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 63 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 12 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.