# Accident 19940920037689A: Cessna 172P, Sterling, MA, September 20, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1994, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, MA
- Airport: Sterling Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4259° N, 71.7929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STERLING (3B3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4259&lon=-71.7929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55164 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940920037689A

## Narrative

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

LANDED FAST ON LAST THIRD RUNWAY ON SECOND TRY. TRIED TO GROUND LOOP TO AVOID OVERRUN. NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC94LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA181), Sep 20, 1994: Cessna 172P (N55164), Sterling, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged landing distance, which resulted in an overrun of the runway. A factor is the pilot's failure to do a go-around.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.