- Date
- August 13, 1990, 16:39 local (Aug 14, 1990, 00:39 UTC)
- Place
- Seward, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7721UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900813033469A
- Case key
- 5428
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's selection of the wrong runway for wind conditions and his failure to abort landing in a timely manner resulting in overrun of the runway and on ground collision with terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot landed approximately halfway down the runway, attempted a go-around, then ran off the departure end of the runway. Witnesses reported that the airplane landed with an approximate 10-15 knot tailwind. The pilot said he did not see the windsock before landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7721U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251721
- Engine
- Continental O-300E, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert N. Holmes
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SWD · Seward, runway 15, 2,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 150 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7721U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.