# Accident 20090521006839A: Cessna 172N, Tunkhannock, PA, May 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Airport: Skyhaven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5292° N, 75.9469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5292&lon=-75.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9492E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9492E-2022-12-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,195 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521006839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WILKES BARRE WYOMING VALLEY AIRPORT (WBW) ENROUTE T SKYHAVEN AIRPORT (76N) LOCATED IN TUNKHAWNOCK, PA.  PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 1 AT SKYHAVEN AIRPORT WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP.  THE PILOT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY.

## 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 ERA09CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA301), May 21, 2009: Cessna 172N (N9492E), Tunkhannock, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point while landing with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N9492E (1)

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

- [Incident 20160724011479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160724011479I), Jul 24, 2016: Cessna 172N (N9492E), Afton, IA, Minor damage. Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2130 on a return flight from baraboo, Wisconsin (kdll) to creston, Iowa (kcsq) pilot reported that his engine sputtered then quit.…

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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