- Date
- October 14, 1989, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734PLCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891014040329A
- Case key
- 8167
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the airspeed and failed to attain the proper touchdown point.
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
The pilot reported that the aircraft touched down long and subsequently ran off the departure end of the runway. No mechanical problems of the aircraft were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734PL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269006
- Airframe hours
- 1,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oscar C. Mack
- Registered owner
- Oscar, C Mack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 8, 1989 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 3J1 · Ridgeland, SC
- Airport
- Ridgeland, runway 3, 3,100 × 70 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,099 total · 72 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 73J
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.