# Accident 20240422017769A: Cessna 172E, Ridgeway, VA, April 22, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Ridgeway, VA
- Airport: Pace
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5854° N, 79.8939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5854&lon=-79.8939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5645T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5645T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,929 total, 1,051 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240422017769A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS FLYING IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WAS LANDING ON A 3,000-FT-LONG TURF RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE “LANDED LONG” AND THAT THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY OVERRAN THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE’S WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND EMPENNAGE WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE RUNWAY OVERRUN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NOT PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES OF THE AIRPLANE THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED A NORMAL OPERATION.

## 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 ERA24LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA189), Apr 22, 2024: Cessna 172 (N5645T), Ridgeway, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point while landing, 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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