# NTSB BFO88LA038: Cessna 172M, N13261, Fayetteville, WV, April 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 29, 1988, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, WV
- Coordinates: 38.04961, -81.10099 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0496&lon=-81.1010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA038

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13261), registered now, S/N 17262620, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262620
- Airframe hours: 1620
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880429011119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880429011119A), Apr 29, 1988: Cessna 172M, Fayetteville, WV, Substantial damage. Shifting wind for landing resulted in touch down last third of runway and overran down embankment into a fence.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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