# NTSB MIA83LA209: Cessna 172N, N734PM, Manati, PR, August 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 20, 1983, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place: Manati, 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): 30930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30930/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA209

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734PM-2018-01-26), registration cancelled 2018-01-26, S/N 17269007, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269007
- Airframe hours: 1280
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830820043269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830820043269A), Aug 20, 1983: Cessna 172N, Manati, PR, Substantial damage. Pilot reported a gust of wind blew aircraft off the runway on landing. Struck a fence and overturned.

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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