- Date
- February 23, 2006, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Long Island, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3803QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Charlotte FSDO-33
- FAA report
- 20060223001719A
- Case key
- 63269
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to achieve the proper touch down point on landing resulting in an overrun, on-ground collision with a ditch, and subsequent nose over. A factor in the accident was the inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the flight instructor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on an instructional flight with a flight instructor. The student pilot entered a left downwind for landing. The student pilot failed to land the airplane on the wet grass runway in the first one-third of the touchdown zone. The flight instructor got on the flight controls and applied brakes with the student pilot. The airplane went off the end of the runway, into the overrun, collided with a ditch/gully, and nosed over. When the flight instructor was asked what caused the accident he replied, "the student pilot failed to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing and his inadequate supervision of the student pilot." When the flight instructor was asked if the airplane experienced any mechanical problems before the accident, he stated no.
Factual narrative
On February 23, 2006, at 1345 eastern standard time, A Cessna 172L, N3803Q, registered to SBA Leasing LLC, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, went off the end of the runway on landing roll out at Long Island Airport, Long Island, North Carolina. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The commercial pilot flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Lincoln County Airport, Lincolnton, North Carolina, on February 23, 2006, at 1315.
The CFI stated upon arrival at Long Island the student pilot entered left traffic for runway 05. The first approach was long and ended up in a go-around. The student pilot turned crosswind and reentered left traffic for landing. The student pilot touched down half way down the runway with full flaps. The CFI realized the sod runway was wet. The student pilot applied brakes and CFI got on the flight controls and brakes with student pilot. The airplane went off the end of the runway, into the overrun, collided with a ditch/gully, and nosed over inverted. When the flight instructor was asked what caused the accident he replied, "the student pilot failed to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing and his inadequate supervision of the student pilot." When the flight instructor was asked if the airplane experienced any mechanical problems before the accident, he stated no.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3803Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259903
- Airframe hours
- 5,338.68
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- SBA Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2006 · 53.3 hours before
- Departed
- IPJ · Lincolnton, NC
- Destination
- NC26 · Long Island, NC
- Airport
- NC26 · Long Island Airport, runway 05, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2004
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,299 total · 198 in this make and model · 2,899 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.