# NTSB SEA84LA057: Cessna 172N, N733VX, Roseburg, OR, February 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1984, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Roseburg, OR
- Coordinates: 44.020366, -123.620338 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0204&lon=-123.6203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39877/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA057

## 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
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733VX-2015-05-06), registration cancelled 2015-05-06, S/N 17268593, built 1977 (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: 2072434
- Airframe hours: 1224
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840218004139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840218004139A), Feb 18, 1984: Cessna 172N, Roseburg, OR, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing. Aircraft ran off runway and flipped inverted.

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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