- Date
- December 29, 1984, 23:15 local (Dec 30, 1984, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dothan, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6527DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841229069469A
- Case key
- 6589
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 terrain/water
Terrain condition - open field
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalFactor
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Weather condition - below approach/landing minimumsFactor
Weather evaluation - disregardedFactor
Self-induced pressureFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Light condition - night
Judgment - poorFactor
Decision height - belowCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Decision height - delayedFactor
Analysis
The plt, who was also an ATC specialist assigned to a fss, crashed short of the rwy during an attempted ILS apch. Whe wx conditions were below apch minimums.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6527D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272847
- Airframe hours
- 739
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Modlin Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1984 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- MVC · Monroeville, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DHN · Dothan, runway 31, 8,498 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,231 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.