# NTSB ATL87LA196: Cessna 175, N7659M, Sebring, OH, July 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1987, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Sebring, OH
- Coordinates: 40.920291, -81.020668 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9203&lon=-81.0207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7470/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA196

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659M-1994-09-14), registration cancelled 1994-09-14, S/N 55959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55959
- Airframe hours: 1679
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870703032309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703032309A), Jul 3, 1987: Cessna 175, Sebring, OH, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on last 500 feet of runway. Approach was also high and fast. Ran off the end of the runway.

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.

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