# Accident 20090927017429A: Cessna 172N, Factoryville, PA, September 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Factoryville, PA
- Airport: Seamans Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5894° N, 75.7561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5894&lon=-75.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5123E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5123E) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA539](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA539) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090927017429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS INSTRUCTING THE PIRVATE PILOT APPLICANT ON THE GPS RUNWAY 4 TO SEAMANS FIELD (9N3) FACTORY VILLE PA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT FLEW THE APPROACH AND BROKE OUT IN VISUAL CONDITIONS AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 4.  HIS SPEED AT THIS TIME WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL AND A LANDING TO RUNWAY 4 WAS UNABLE TO BE MADE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED A CIRCLING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4.  THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRACRAFT.  THE PILOT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA09CA539](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA539), Sep 27, 2009: Cessna 172 (N5123E), Factoryville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed decision to take control of the airplane and execute a missed approach. Contributing to the accident was the lack of communication between the certificated flight…

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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