- Date
- May 7, 1990, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pocomoke, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7746TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900507020829A
- Case key
- 11593
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of distance and speed during the approach to land, and his failure to attain the proper touchdowwn point during the landing. The ditch was a related 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
Earlier, the wind at the airstrip had been from 330 deg at 15 to 20 KTS. When the plt returned to land, he assumed the wind would be the same, though it rprtdly had become calm. On the 1st apch to rwy 36, the acft was high, so the plt madea go-around. On the 2nd apch, flaps were set at 30 deg & the airspeed was between 75 & 80 mph. The plt rprtd the acft touched down about halfway down the 1800' sod strip & he was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. Subsequently, the acft contd off the dep end & went into a ditch. No mechanical problem was rprtd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7746T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47346
- Airframe hours
- 4,323
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C8, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank R. King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1990 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- W41 · Crisfield, MD
- Destination
- MD89
- Airport
- MD89 · Murphy, runway 36, 1,800 × 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,679 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,464 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N7746T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.