- Date
- May 10, 1984, 13:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N84FPCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840510016589A
- Case key
- 31135
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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.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during takeoff after running off the left side of the rwy. The wind was reported from 50 degrees at 13 KTS gusting to 23 KTS prior to the accident. After the accident the wind was from 030 degrees at 14 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84FP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271392
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unger Wolfgang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- 34J · New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Airport
- Fort Lauderdale, runway 9L, 8,048 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 404 total · 362 in this make and model · 291 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
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 N84FP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.