- Date
- June 10, 1991, 23:30 local (Jun 11, 1991, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Knighdale, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12498Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910610020759A
- Case key
- 8418
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper touch down point on the runway and/or perform a go-around.
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
After performing a go-around, the pilot initiated a second approach to land at night. On short final, he inadvertently accelerated the airplane, and it began to balloon above the runway. The airplane landed long and overran the runway. Subsequently, it collided with two automobiles and a parked airplane, then it hit a ditch. The pilot stated that the accident would have been avoided if he had performed a go-around instead of trying to salvage the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12498
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262022
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raleigh East Airport
- Registered owner
- Pahnke, R. C. And Wilson, C.
- Departed
- GWW · Goldsboro, NC
- Airport
- W17 · Raleigh East, runway 1, 3,000 × 36 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 360 total · 50 in this make and model · 266 as pilot in command · 288 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N12498 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.