# NTSB MIA84LA231: Cessna 172M, N1410V, Navarre, FL, August 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1984, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Coordinates: 30.410537, -86.660156 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4105&lon=-86.6602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31177
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA231
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31177/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA231

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, unqualified person
  - airspeed - not maintained, unqualified person
  - stall - inadvertent, unqualified person
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1410V-2012-06-27), registration cancelled 2012-06-27, S/N 17263555, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172635-55
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840816062859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840816062859A), Aug 16, 1984: Cessna 172M, Navarre, FL, Substantial damage. Passenger pulled on control wheel during takeoff causing airplane to climb too steep resulting in stall.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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