# NTSB MIA83LA141: Cessna 172M, N71409, Ocean Way, FL, May 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1983, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Ocean Way, FL
- Coordinates: 30.489177, -81.669372 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4892&lon=-81.6694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA141

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE MUDDY BANK OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY DURING THE 2ND OF TWO LOW PASSES AND NOSED OVER WHEN THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN. WITNESSES REPORT SEEING THE ACFT PASS AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING AT LOWALT HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE ENGINE. HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. A POST CRASH RUN-UP OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION UP TO FULL POWER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71409](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71409), registered now, S/N 17267227, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267277
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E20 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Airkaman Of Jacksonville Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: 55J, FERNANDINA BCH., FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 273 total, 273 in this make and model, 208 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830513019399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513019399A), May 13, 1983: Cessna 172M, Ocean Way, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during low level flight. Pilot claimed engine malfunction but not substantiated.

## Other investigations on N71409 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL04LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA167), Jul 1, 2004: Cessna 172M (N71409), Winston Salem, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the fence post, while taxing which resulted in a collision.

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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