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NYC84LA279

1984-08-17 · NANTUCKET, Massachusetts, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ACK

Current FAA registration · N739ZU

Make / Model
CESSNA 172N
Year of manufacture
1978 · 6 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780517
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9EECC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PLT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR LANDING AND WAS ADVISED OF A CROSS-WIND SITUATION. PLT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND REQUESTED A FULL PATTERN CIRCUIT TO OBSERVE CONDITIONS. ON LNDG FLARE WITH FULL FLAPS AND LEFT CROSS-WIND CORRECTION INPUT, A GUST CARRIED THE ACFT TO RIGHT OF RWY SURFACE. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON LEFT GEAR AND SWERVED LEFT. PLT APPLIED POWER FOR GO-AROUND, CROSSED RUNWAY TOWARD CONSTRUCTION AREA ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. TWR CONTROLLER BROADCAST 'KILL THE THROTTLE.' PLT CUT POWER AS ACFT ENTERED CONSTRUCTION SITE AND NOSED OVER IN ROUGH TERRAIN. PLT RECALL IS THAT GO-AROUND EFFORT WAS SUCCEEDING UNTIL POWER CUT BUT CONTROLLER STATED ACFT WAS ACCELERATING ON GRND TOWARD OBVIOUS HAZARD; ELT SIGNAL ACTIVATED DURING HIS TRANSMISSION. WITNESS STATED THAT WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 30 KTS WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_NYC84LA279.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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