# Accident 20180930016539A: Cessna 172, Somerset, PA, September 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2018, 14:20 local time
- Place: Somerset, PA
- Airport: Somerset County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0344° N, 79.0239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0344&lon=-79.0239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4001F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4001F-2023-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,004 total, 147 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18TA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180930016539A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA18TA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA266), Sep 30, 2018: Cessna 172 (N4001F), Somerset, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with insufficient runway remaining to stop, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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