- Date
- June 26, 1983, 10:08 local (14:08 UTC)
- Place
- Vieques, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84563Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626032719A
- Case key
- 30905
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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.
Overrun
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
Witnesses stated seeing the acft in the latter part of the landing roll with brakes locked and tires skidding. The acft went off the overrun area into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84563
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258523
- Airframe hours
- 7,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Isla Grande Flying School
- Registered owner
- Tropic Air Service Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- SIG · San Juan, PR
- Airport
- VQS · Vieques, runway 9, 2,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 38 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MJNR, 15 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.