# NTSB CHI02LA280: Cessna 172P, N54091, Sturtevant, WI, September 16, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 2002, 19:00 local (Sep 16, 2002, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Sturtevant, WI
- Coordinates: 42.703334, -87.958885
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7033&lon=-87.9589&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 55707
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI02LA280
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55707/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA280

## Probable cause

The proper touchdown point not attained and the approach speed not obtained/maintained by the pilot.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The airplane overran the runway after skidding for about 300 feet which was then followed by propeller strikes for a distance of 800 feet down the 2,272 foot long runway.  The pilot had a total time of 91 hours.

## Factual narrative

On September 15, 2002, at 1900 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N54091, operated as a rental airplane, was substantially damaged during a landing overrun on runway 08R (2,272 feet by 33 feet, asphalt) at Sylvania Airport, Sturtevant, Wisconsin.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan.  The private rated pilot was uninjured.  The local flight originated at 1855.

Inspection of the runway revealed skid marks 300 feet in length followed by slash marks which were spaced about 8 inches apart in the last 800 feet of the runway.  The pilot accumulated a total flight time of 91 hours.

The National Transportation Safety Board or Federal Aviation Administration did not receive a 6120.1/2 Pilot/Operator Accident report from the pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54091](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54091-2017-06-22), registration cancelled 2017-06-22, S/N 17274872, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274872
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sylvania Airport LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed: C89, Sturtevant, WI
- Destination: C89
- Airport: C89, Sylvania, runway 08R, 2,272 × 33 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 91 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: RAC, 7 nm away

## 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 20020915038129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020915038129A), Sep 15, 2002: Cessna 172P, Sturtevant, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) Although the pilot claims to have landed just past numbers and pulled power back he claimed he couldn't slow down with brakes. Physical evidence at the…

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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