- Date
- September 5, 1987, 20:25 local (Sep 6, 1987, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3970SCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870905050169A
- Case key
- 7512
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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
A witness rprtd the acft was hi & fast on final apch. The plt stated he landed the acft long & fast & was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. Subsequently, the acft impacted a ditch beyond the dep end of the rwy & the nose gear collapsed. Before the acft came to rest, the vertical stabilizer contacted an overhead telephone line. The plt rprtd he had only 3.5 hrs of flt time in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3970S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251170
- Airframe hours
- 3,359
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brownie Tool Works,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Brownie Tool Works, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1987 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- 19I · Brownies Lebanon, runway 27, 2,110 × 37 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 4 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.