20001011023459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Indiantown, FL · October 11, 2000

Date
October 11, 2000 · 19:15 local
Place
Indiantown, FL
Airport
Indiantown Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7396G
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL01LA006
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
396 total360 in this make and model196 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.4)According to the pilot, upon landing on the dry grass/turf runway 13, despite attempts to stop, the airplane continued to roll past the runway threshold, approaching the ditch abeam the runway. Right rudder was applied unsuccessfully to avoid the ditch, and the airplane ran off of the runway into the ditch and nosed over. Examination of the wreckage revealed no faults or failures associated with the airplane's braking system. Tire marks were found near the end of the runway where the airplane had touched down. The tire marks continued off the end of the grass runway into the ditch where the airplane nosed over. No mechanical problems were discovered during the examination of the airplane. (-23) airman landed long and went into ditch at the end of runway. A/c flipped onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

(.4)ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, UPON LANDING ON THE DRY GRASS/TURF RUNWAY 13, DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO STOP, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO ROLL PAST THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, APPROACHING THE DITCH ABEAM THE RUNWAY. RIGHT RUDDER WAS APPLIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO AVOID THE DITCH, AND THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH AND NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO FAULTS OR FAILURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRPLANE'S BRAKING SYSTEM. TIRE MARKS WERE FOUND NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD TOUCHED DOWN. THE TIRE MARKS CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE GRASS RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH WHERE THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE. (-23) AIRMAN LANDED LONG AND WENT INTO DITCH AT THE END OF RUNWAY. A/C FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.