# Incident 19940311008149I: Cessna 172N, Chatham, VA, March 11, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1994, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chatham, VA
- Airport: Jefferson Watson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8389° N, 79.4034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Jefferson Watson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8389&lon=-79.4034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6617J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6617J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940311008149I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION DICTATED USE OF RUNWAY 18, 2,800 FEET IN LENGTH WITH HIGH TREES ON APPROACH END SLOPING DOWN TO POOR DRAINAGE END. SLIGHTLY ELEVATED CLAY ROAD CROSSES RUNWAY AT 1800' POINT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AFTER RUNWAY MID-POINT AND ROLLED OUT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY AND DOWN AN 80 DEGREE EMBANKMENT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR WITH NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6617J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19871231079379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871231079379I), Dec 31, 1987: Cessna 172N (N6617J), Pelzer, SC, Minor damage. Landed on a wet turf runway. Ran off the end of runway. Damaged propeller and nose wheel strut.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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