# NTSB MIA84LA260: Cessna C-152, N714YJ, Little S.Simons, GA, September 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1984, 02:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place: Little S.Simons, GA
- Coordinates: 31.210538, -81.369697 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2105&lon=-81.3697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA260

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279535
- Airframe hours: 1584
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 29; 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

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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