- Date
- September 22, 2011, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9348ECessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-CLE-FSDO
- Case key
- 81939
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of his speed and distance, which resulted in an overrun.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane bounced upon touchdown before the halfway marker on the runway. He recovered from the bounce and applied heavy braking, and the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot released the left brake and applied more right brake to straighten the airplane. The airplane continued off the end of the runway where it contacted a ditch, separating the nose gear, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot recently transitioned to this airplane and stated that he did not realize that the airspeed indicator was in knots and not miles per hour, which resulted in a faster than normal approach speed. The pilot stated he did not check the weather prior to landing and he landed with a 3-knot quartering tailwind.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported the airplane touched down before the halfway marker on the runway, but the airplane bounced. He recovered from the bounce and applied heavy braking and the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot released the left brake and applied more right brake to straighten the airplane. The airplane continued off the end of the runway where it contacted a ditch separating the nose gear resulting in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot recently transitioned to this airplane and stated he did not realize that the airspeed indicator was in knots and not miles per hour which resulted in a faster than normal approach speed. The pilot stated he did not check the weather prior to landing which resulted in him landing with a 3 knot quartering tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9348E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272233
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skypark Inc
- Registered owner
- Skypark Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MFD · Mansfield, OH
- Destination
- 15G · Wadsworth, OH
- Airport
- 15G · Wadsworth Skypark, runway 21, 2,410 × 37 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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 4 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- BJJ, 11 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 19, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 622 KB in all.