# NTSB MIA86LA192: Cessna 172N, N733ML, Pensacola, FL, June 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1986, 22:00 local (Jun 27, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Coordinates: 30.390964, -87.370971 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3910&lon=-87.3710&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): 31660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31660/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA192

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733ML), registered now, S/N 17268397, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268397
- Airframe hours: 1250
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860626028369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860626028369A), Jun 26, 1986: Cessna 172N, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Landed long on a wet grass runway. Unable to stop slid off runway into a ditch.

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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