- Date
- June 14, 1995, 09:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54484Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950614049009A
- Case key
- 3574
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight decision to land on the wet, sod runway, and his failure to use all of the available runway for landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was attempting to land on the private sod airfield. He stated that the 1,500 foot strip was covered with dew and that he landed with about 1,000 feet of runway remaining, but that he could not get the aircraft stopped prior to running off the end of the runway. The aircraft hit a group of trees located just off the end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On June 14, 1995, at 0910 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N54484, was substantially damaged following a collision with trees during landing at a private airfield near Brownsville, Tennessee. Neither the private pilot, nor his passenger were injured in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Paducah, Kentucky, at 0800.
The pilot stated that he was attempting to land on the private sod airfield. He stated that the 1,500 foot strip was covered with dew and that he landed with about 1,000 feet of runway remaining, but that he could not get the aircraft stopped prior to running off the end of the runway. The aircraft hit a group of trees located just off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54484
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274985
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Danny Herron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1994 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- KY29 · Paducah, KY
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Gaylon Herron Farm, runway 36, 1,500 × 50 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 195 total · 150 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL, 30 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.