- Date
- October 1, 2006, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Barton City, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64257Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Grand Rapids FSDO
- FAA report
- 20061001026929A
- Case key
- 64798
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point and his inadvertent selection of a downwind runway, which resulted in the overrun. A contributing factor was the tailwind encountered during landing. Additional factors were the wet, turf runway, and the rock pile located off the end of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway on landing. The pilot reported that the intended destination was a private airstrip with an east-west oriented runway about 1,200 feet long, and a north-south oriented runway about 2,000 feet long. The pilot stated that when he overflew the windsock before landing, it appeared that winds were about 10 knots directly out of the north. He set up for a landing to the east; however, he "landed long" and subsequently "ran out of runway." The airplane encountered a rock pile located off the end of the runway. The pilot reported that upon exiting the airplane after the accident, he noticed that the wind was variable and appeared to have shifted. He commented that the wind might have gotten behind him on landing. Winds recorded at the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC), located about 16 nautical miles southeast of the accident site, at 1058, were from 280 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots.
Factual narrative
The airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway on landing. The pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the intended destination was a private airstrip with an east-west oriented runway about 1,200 feet long, and a north-south oriented runway about 2,000 feet long.
The pilot stated that when he over flew the windsock before landing, it appeared that winds were about 10 knots directly out of the north. He set up for a landing to the east; however, he "landed long" and subsequently "ran out of runway." The airplane encountered a rock pile off the end of the runway.
The pilot reported that upon exiting the airplane after the accident, he noticed that the wind was variable and appeared to have shifted from the north. He commented that the wind might have gotten behind him on landing.
Winds recorded by the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC) Automated Weather Observing System, at 1058, were from 280 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots. OSC was located approximately 16 nautical miles southeast of the accident site.
The pilot stated that there were no malfunctions associated with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64257
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180-52887
- Airframe hours
- 1,136.2
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2005
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- PVT · Barton City, MI
- Airport
- PVT · Private, runway 9, 1,200 × 125 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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 1998
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- OSC, 16 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.