- Date
- June 3, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Orleans, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8433LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840603034449A
- Case key
- 35672
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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.
Analysis
Shortly after level off the pilot stated that the engine began to run roughly. All emergency procedures were followed and a precautionary landing was made on the beach. As the acft touched down and rolled out, the nose wheel dug into the sand and the aircraft flipped over. Temperature at the time was aprx 60 deg f. inspection revealed that the flex duct that supplies hot air to the carburetor when carburetor heat is applied had become disconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8433L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Joy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Chatham, MA
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 415 in this make and model · 306 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.