- Date
- June 22, 1984, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738VSCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840622026779A
- Case key
- 31149
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said he had 'cross channeled' his radios & was having communication problems. He decided to land at the opa-locka west arpt. The acft was landed downwind & after overrunning the end of the rwy, it collided with terrain & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738VS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270277
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark Aircraft Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Palmetto Sales & Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1984 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Destination
- EYW · Key West, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X46 · Opa Locka West, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 169 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 238° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.