- Date
- August 3, 2003, 19:30 local (Aug 4, 2003, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- La Monte, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73660Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Kansas City, MO FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030803036779A
- Case key
- 57659
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance resulting in an overrun of the runway.
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
The airplane collided with a ditch and a road during an overrun landing on a 2,000 foot long grass private airstrip. The pilot stated he landed long with too much airspeed. The airplane continued off the end of the runway, through a wire fence, and across a ditch coming to rest on a highway. The pilot stated he exited the airplane and moved it to the side of the highway. The pilot reported that he was not very familiar with the landing strip and that he should have flown over the airstrip to check out its condition. He stated the grass was dry with some dead spots that did not offer any resistance during the landing roll.
Factual narrative
On August 3, 2003, at 1930 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N73660, collided with a ditch and a road during an overrun landing on a 2,000 foot long grass private airstrip in La Monte, Missouri. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Sedalia, Missouri, at 1900.
The pilot stated he landed long with too much airspeed. The airplane continued off the end of the runway, through a wire fence, and across a ditch coming to rest on a highway. The pilot stated he exited the airplane and moved it to the side of the highway.
The pilot reported that he was not very familiar with the landing strip and that he should have flown over the airstrip to check out its condition. He stated the grass was dry with some dead spots that did not offer any resistance during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73660
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267596
- Airframe hours
- 3,997
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William R. Ferguson
- Registered owner
- DMO Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 2003 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- DMO · Sedalia, MO
- Destination
- PVT · LaMonte, MO
- Airport
- PVT · Lane Field, runway 090, 2,000 × 40 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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 30, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 390 in this make and model · 342 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- DM0, 12 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.