- Date
- December 11, 1987, 13:52 local (18:52 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52701Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871211070199A
- Case key
- 7689
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At 1343 EST, the student plt contacted apch ctl & asked for lndg info. He was adzd to continue VFR for rwy 31. When he contacted the tower at 1347, the wind was fm 200 deg at 13 KTS. Tower psnl gave him the choice of rwy 31 or 28L; he elected to lnd on rwy 31. By the time he was lndg at 1352, the wind had shifted to the sse at 5 to 15 KTS. Rprtdly, the acft was high & fast on final apch & it touched down about half way down the rwy. The student elected to continue the lndg rather than go around. He was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After the acft went off the dep end, it enctrd soft terrain & grass & the nose gear collapsed. The 1350 EST wind was fm 190 deg at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52701
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274584
- Airframe hours
- 3,084
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward N. Raiser, doing business as E & L Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Edward N Raiser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1987 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- HTS · Huntington, WV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CMA · Port Columbus Intl, runway 31, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 1 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.
Other investigations on N52701 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.