- Date
- September 26, 1984, 02:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Little S.Simons, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714YJCessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31197
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Light condition - nightFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Self-induced pressureCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Nose over
Analysis
The acft struck a washed-out area during a beach landing at night and was destroyed when it flipped over into the ocean. Investigation revealed that the plt was bringing a mechanic/plt to this part of the beach in an effort to repair another acft that had made a forced landing earlier that evening. There was pressure to get the first acft off the beach before high tide.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714YJ
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279535
- Airframe hours
- 1,584
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jekyll Island Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jeffery D. Darnall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 19, 1984
- Departed
- Jekyll Island, GA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,023 total · 105 in this make and model · 1,012 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSI, 5 nm away