- Date
- August 16, 1984, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Navarre, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1410VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840816062859A
- Case key
- 31177
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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 plt-in-command allowed a young boy with no plt license or experience to manipulate the flt controls during takeoff. The boy pulled full back elevator control at rotation. The aircraft climbed to approximately 30 to 50 ft & stalled, then it descended back to the rwy. On touchdown, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1410V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172635-55
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brand Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1984 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- 1J9 · Ft. Walton Muni, runway 18, 2,300 × 65 ft, grass/turf
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60,000 total · 30,000 in this make and model · 50,000 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 16 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.