- Date
- August 12, 1995, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manteo, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3254CCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950812048629A
- Case key
- 3615
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight decision to touchdown at the mid-field point of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he believed that he was almost out of fuel and made a straight in approach to land. He delayed his touchdown till the mid-field point of the runway, and was unable to stop on the 3,300 foot runway. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On August 12, 1995, at 1630 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172H, N3254C, was substantially damaged after nosing over during landing at the Dare County Airport, in Manteo, North Carolina. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The personal flight was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed Greensboro, North Carolina, at 1130 hours.
According to the pilot, he was enroute to Dare County Airport to refuel. As he approached the airport, he realized that the aircraft was lower on fuel than he initially thought. He radioed a fuel emergency for Dare County Airport, and proceeded to the most direct runway. The airplane touched down long on runway 34, and rolled off the runway into an area that the pilot thought was part of the runway. As the airplane rolled off the paved surface into the sod, the airplane nosed over. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3254C
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256156
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter T. Barlow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1995 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- W95 · Ocracoke Is., NC
- Destination
- MQI · NC
- Airport
- MQI · Dare County Airport, runway 34, 3,300 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 480 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQI, 1 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.
Other investigations on N3254C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.