- Date
- July 20, 1984, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Enterprise, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7278MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840720033999A
- Case key
- 6500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A witness observed the airplane slipping on final apch. The aircraft lost too much altitude and hit the terrain short of the runway. The airplane damage indicated that the pilot failed to correct the slip condition in time to arrest the descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7278M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55578
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alouf Raymond T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984
- Departed
- EDN · Enterprise, AL
- Airport
- EDN · Enterprise Municipal, runway 5, 3,500 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 25 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.
Other investigations on N7278M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.