- Date
- October 9, 1984, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Hill, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737MWCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841009065279A
- Case key
- 6683
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was uable to raise UNICOM for wind advisories and was unable to find the wind sock to aid in rwy selection. He did see some smoke on the ground which indicated calm winds. During his flare the acft floated about halfway down the rwy, touched down and the plt decided it was too late to initate a go-around. He applied full braking but was unable to stop before running off the end of the rwy into a wooded area. After the accident the plt estimated that he landed in a right quartering tailwind of 4 to 7 knots. The length of the grass rwy is 2600 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737MW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269531
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas D. Kovasckitz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Airport
- NC25 · Gold Hill, runway 27, 2,600 × 80 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 263 total · 113 in this make and model · 146 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.