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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Somerset, PA · September 30, 2018

Date
September 30, 2018 · 14:20 local
Place
Somerset, PA
Airport
Somerset County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4001F
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA18TA266
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,004 total147 in this make and model1 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.

The pilot stated he landed long because his hangar was at that end of the airport. He stated he touched down at or near the intersection on runway 25, approximately 1000 feet near the end. The pilot stated that the aircraft would not slow down. He realized he was not going fast enough for a go around but was going too fast to stop. The winds were a direct cross wind, with gusting to a quartering tail wind. The aircraft went off the end of runway 25, through the grass approximately 230 yards and over an embankment. The aircraft came to rest on its roof approximately 30 feet down the embankment, resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED LONG BECAUSE HIS HANGAR WAS AT THAT END OF THE AIRPORT. HE STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION ON RUNWAY 25, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET NEAR THE END. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR A GO AROUND BUT WAS GOING TOO FAST TO STOP. THE WINDS WERE A DIRECT CROSS WIND, WITH GUSTING TO A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 25, THROUGH THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 230 YARDS AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS ROOF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET DOWN THE EMBANKMENT, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

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