- Date
- February 15, 1982, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21732Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215003959A
- Case key
- 72504
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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
On final approach the tower controller told the flight that other aircraft had reported wind shear below 800 feet. The pilot landed the aircraft and ran off the right side of the runway. The pilot reported wind gusts to 21 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21732
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263997
- Airframe hours
- 3,249
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roosevelt Roads Navy Flying Cl
- Registered owner
- Roosevelt Roads Navy Flying Cl
- Departed
- Roosevelt Roads, PR
- Destination
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SJU · San Juan Intl, runway 10, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 31 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.