# NTSB ATL84LLT05: Cessna C-172F, N8662U, Pascagoula, MS, March 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1984, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Pascagoula, MS
- Coordinates: 30.360006, -88.540794 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3600&lon=-88.5408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LLT05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LLT05

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT DITCHED THE ACFT AFTER A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE ACFT FUEL SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND A COMPLETE EVALUATION COULD NOT BE MADE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8662U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8662U-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 17252565, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17252565
- Airframe hours: 1203
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth E. Walker Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1984, 1 hours before
- Departed: GPT, GULFPORT, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 7 °F

## 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 19840303009219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840303009219A), Mar 3, 1984: Cessna 172F, Pascagoula, MS, Destroyed. Pilot reported engine quit over gulf. Crash landed and flipped over on ditching. No reason found for power loss.

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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