- Date
- June 14, 1984, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Patton, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738CNCessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840614027739A
- Case key
- 35688
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The plt landed fast and long and before running off the end of the 1750 ft rwy he turned right toward the ramp. A gust of wind caught the acft and the acft collided with a ditch beside the ramp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738CN
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269873
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ludwig, Rudel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- Patton, PA
- Airport
- Holtz Field, runway 6, 1,750 × ft
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 314 total · 200 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- 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.