# NTSB MIA83LA170: Cessna 172K, N84563, Vieques, PR, June 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1983, 10:08 local (14:08 UTC)
- Place: Vieques, PR
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA170

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17258523
- Airframe hours: 7600
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830626032719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830626032719A), Jun 26, 1983: Cessna 172K, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of runway during landing and hit ditch causing substantital damage.

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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