- Date
- August 20, 1983, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Manati, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734PMCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820043269A
- Case key
- 30930
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt reported that during the landing, a gust of wind blew the acft to the left. Subsequently, the acft collided with a fence that paralleled the left side of the rwy, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734PM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269007
- Airframe hours
- 1,280
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maese M. Lopez
- Registered owner
- Juan M. Collazo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983
- Departed
- BQN · Borinquen, PR
- Airport
- Manati, runway 9, 2,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
N734PMRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2018 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 389 total · 389 in this make and model · 253 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 30 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.