- Date
- April 29, 1988, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13261Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429011119A
- Case key
- 11406
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Probable cause
The pilot landed long and with excessive airspeed, which resulted in an overrun of the runway. Inadequate inflight planning is a contributing factor.
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
According to the pilot, after using the tetrahedron to determine the wind direction, he landed on rwy 03. The pilot stated that during the landing flare, the acft floated and did not touch down until halfway down the runway. He stated that he was unable to stop before he overran the rwy and struck a fence. According to a pilot-witness, the local winds were variable at 20 KTS. The witness stated the wind favored a landing on rwy 03. The witness stated the acft touched down 1000 ft down the rwy. According to the witness, this was the pilot's third attempt to land. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13261
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262620
- Airframe hours
- 1,620
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brookville Airpart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- I62 · Brookville, OH
- Destination
- I89 · Fayetteville, WV
- Airport
- I89 · Fayette, runway 21, 2,145 × 20 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 209 total · 172 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.