- Date
- March 16, 1988, 14:56 local (19:56 UTC)
- Place
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5244FCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880316048729A
- Case key
- 7720
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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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane began to sink rapidly about 100 ft above the rwy threshold. He added pwr and initiated a flare. Upon touchdown, the airplane pitched down and rolled rt. The airplane subseqeuntly skidded off of the rt side of the rwy and nosed over. The twr chief controller rptd that wind gusts of 25 KTS and higher had been observed at the arpt prior to the accident, and that the wind direction had varied. He noted that arpt ATIS broadcasts had included wind gust advisories for over 2 hrs preceding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5244F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1725331
- Airframe hours
- 8,231
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Myrtle Beach Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 2, 1987 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- Fayetteville, NC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MYR · Myrtle Beach Afb, runway 35, 9,502 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 69 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.