# NTSB CEN10CA405: Cessna 172K, N79097, Boyne City, MI, July 10, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 10, 2010, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Boyne City, MI - Coordinates: 45.208332, -84.99028 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2083&lon=-84.9903&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 20, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 76656 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA405 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76656/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76656 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA405 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and delayed go-around. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis Prior to arriving in the airport traffic pattern, the pilot heard that other aircraft were landing on runway 09, a 4,000-foot-long by 75-foot-wide runway, and the winds were light and variable. The pilot stated, "I landed long on runway 09." He then attempted to go-around; however, the airplane's nose wheel struck the top of the airport perimeter fence. The airplane flipped over and came to rest inverted. The pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane. According to the pilot, the accident could have been prevented if he had initiated a go-around after the airplane had over-flown the first 1/3 of the runway and had not touched down. ## Factual narrative Prior to arriving in the airport traffic pattern, the pilot heard that other aircraft were landing on runway 09 (4,000 feet long by 75 feet wide), and the winds were light and variable. The pilot stated, "I landed long on runway 09." He then attempted to go-around; however, the airplane's nose wheel struck the top of the airport perimeter fence. The airplane flipped over and came to rest inverted. The pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane. According to the pilot, the accident could have been prevented if he had initiated a go-around after the airplane had over-flown the first 1/3 of the runway and had not touched down. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N79097](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79097-2011-06-30), registration cancelled 2011-06-30, S/N 17257879, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K - Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17257879 - Airframe hours: 4544 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 16, 2009 - Departed: 4Y4, Lakes of the No, MI - Destination: N98, Boyne City, MI - Airport: N98, Boyne City Municipal Airport, runway 09, 4,000 × 75 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 18, 2009; seat: left; flight hours: 2,301 total, 2,260 in this make and model, 2,264 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F ## 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 20100710037169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100710037169A), Jul 10, 2010: Cessna 172K, Boyne City, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft went off the usible portion of the runway, hit a fence, rolled over onto its back and did damage to aircraft. Pilot stated that he was not able to… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 13, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76656. 802 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 802 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336214&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.