- Date
- June 18, 1984, 14:59 local (18:59 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5463TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840618025009A
- Case key
- 31147
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 engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Planning/decision - improperCause
Fluid - exhaustionCause
Fuel tank selector position - inadequateCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt reported that the acft ran out of fuel & landed just short of the rwy. He said that the acft impacted palmettos on the rwy extension & the nose gear was torn off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5463T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251363
- Airframe hours
- 1,827
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Maginn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach, runway 11, 6,272 × 200 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 125 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.