# NTSB ATL88LA196: Cessna 175C, N8371T, Boston, GA, June 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1988, 20:00 local (Jun 20, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Boston, GA
- Coordinates: 30.789039, -83.78984 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7890&lon=-83.7898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7776
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7776/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA196

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND FOLLOWING A REDUCTION IN POWER WHEN HE OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE DID NOT QUIT AND WAS STILL PRODUCING THRUST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AFTER IT CAME TO REST. THE PLT LANDED DOWNHILL AND DOWNWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8371T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8371T-1991-04-29), registration cancelled 1991-04-29, S/N 17557071 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175C
- Registry model: [Cessna 175C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (registry code 2072508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17557071
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300-E 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles Reichert
- Registered owner: Charles D Rekhert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 10, 1987, 50 hours before
- Airport: Put, runway 4, 2,300 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 350 total, 20 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 2 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Observed at: 1

## 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 19880619048879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880619048879A), Jun 19, 1988: Cessna 175C, Boston, GA, Destroyed. Believed power reduction on climbout. Returned. Landed downgrade and downwind. Overran runway. Was using auto fuel.

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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