- Date
- July 3, 1987, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7659MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703032309A
- Case key
- 7470
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Analysis
Plt and his two pax had spent most of the day at barber apt preparing for the fireman's bbq to be held later. In late afternoon, they decided to take a flt around the area. During the flt, it was decided to land at the tri-city apt. Witnesses reptd that the acft landed downwind and touched down in the last 400 ft of the rwy. The acft overran the rwy and continued over an embankment before coming to a stop. The pilot stated that he was 'high, fast and had landed with two notches of flaps.' The plt had been denied a medical certificate in 1983. The person in the right front seat also had a pvt plt certificate; however, his last medical was dated 09/13/82.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7659M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55959
- Airframe hours
- 1,679
- Engine
- Continental GO-300A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth Bixler
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Bixler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 2D1 · Alliance, OH
- Destination
- 3G6
- Airport
- 3G6 · Tri-City Airport, runway 35, 2,800 × 65 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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