- Date
- September 22, 1983, 20:30 local (Sep 23, 1983, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gleneden Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737YDCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830922057309A
- Case key
- 39772
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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
According to the plt, he arrived at an unlighted arpt on a dark night. After making 2 passes over the arpt to identify the rwy & landmarks, he made an apch to land. The acft touched down with aprx 1/3 of the 3000 ft rwy remaining. The plt initiated a missed apch, but reported that the nose gear struck trees beyond the end of the rwy. The acft came to rest on a golf course with substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737YD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-69770
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sharon M. Higgins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1982
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S45 · Siletz Bay State, runway 35, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 313 total · 252 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.