- Date
- June 26, 1986, 22:00 local (Jun 27, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733MLCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860626028369A
- Case key
- 31660
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
All available runway - not usedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - separationFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that he landed long on the wet grass rwy. As he attempted to stop, the acft slid off the side of the rnwyinto a ditch, severing the nose gear & collapsing the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733ML
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268397
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert P. Gegenheimer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 1985
- Airport
- 82J · Ferguson, runway 36, 2,600 × 200 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 120 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 10 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.