- Date
- April 25, 1984, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4657QCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840425014359A
- Case key
- 31128
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a landing, the plt lost directional control & the acft veered off the left side of the rwy. The nose gear struck a concrete drainage conduit & was substantially damaged. The plt reported the wind was from 090 deg at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4657Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261738
- Airframe hours
- 2,054
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn O. Churchwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- X17 · Plant City, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Ocala Muni, runway 18, 5,007 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 27 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GMV, 20 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.
Other investigations on N4657Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.