- Date
- May 1, 1988, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gilbert, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5085KCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880501013659A
- Case key
- 7750
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane overran rwy 23 during ldg and nosed over. The plt reported that he attempted to abort the ldg after initially landing long on the rwy. As the airplane began to climb however, he realized that it would not clear obstacles located past the end of the rwy. He subsequently aborted the takeoff and landed again. The airplane touched down in a wheat field at the end of the rwy, where the nosewheel dug into soft terrain. A nearby wx observation station reported winds from 040 degrees at 12 KTS, shortly before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5085K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273957
- Airframe hours
- 1,895
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- A. L. Simons
- Registered owner
- Simons, Arthur L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 27, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Airport
- Bill Barrier Field, runway 23, 2,000 × 150 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 102 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 15 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.