# Accident 20070509016759A: Cessna 172I, Shelby, OH, May 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2007, 09:32 local time
- Place: Shelby, OH
- Airport: Shelby Community
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8769° N, 82.7069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8769&lon=-82.7069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8469L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8469L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 690 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070509016759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT LANDED 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND COULD NOT STOP. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED THROUGH THE OVERRUN, CROSSED STATE ROUTE 39, AND HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE BACK OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI07CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA134), May 9, 2007: Cessna 172I (N8469L), Shelby, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly achieve the correct touch down point which resulted in a runway over run and subsequent nose over into a ditch. Other factors were the pilot's improper decision to…

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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