# Accident 19980619020029A: Cessna 172P, Abilene, KS, June 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Abilene, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9204° N, 97.2205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9204&lon=-97.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9786L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9786L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,820 total, 8,700 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619020029A

## Narrative

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

INSUFFICIENT DECELERATION. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS AND TRIED TO USE HEAVY BRAKING. EXITED RUNWAY. (-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DECELERATING AS FAST AS IT SHOULD BE.  HE TOOK THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO USE HEAVY BRAING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED 180 FEET BEFORE THE NOSEWHEEL FELL IN A SMALL DITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP. (.4) THE DUAL STUDENT WAS PERFORMING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY.  AFTER ROLLING DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING.  REALIZING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP ON THE PREPARED SURFACE, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT GUIDED THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE HARD GROUND SURFACE OVERRUN.  THE AIRPLANE HAD ALMOST STOPPED WHEN 'A HIDDEN DITCH APPEARED.'  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TURN THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRPLANE DROPPED INTO THE DITCH.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## 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 CHI98LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA254), Jun 19, 1998: Cessna 172P (N9786L), Abilene, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to plan his approach so as to be able to stop the airplane on the runway, and the instructor pilot's delay in taking control of the airplane, so as to correct the…

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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