- Date
- February 18, 1984, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Roseburg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733VXCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840218004139A
- Case key
- 39877
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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
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - approach light/navaidFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The acft drifted left during the student pilots landing and collided with VASI lights. After the collision the acft nosed over. The CFI on the ground said the wind shifted just prior to the last landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733VX
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2072434
- Airframe hours
- 1,224
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Associated Capital Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 28, 1983 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- RSB · Roseburg, OR
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- RBG · Roseburg Municipal, runway 34, 4,600 × 100 ft, asphalt
N733VXRegistration cancelled May 6, 2015 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.