# NTSB CHI08IA113: Cessna 172P, N162HD, Kelley's Island, OH, April 18, 2008 - Type: NTSB incident investigation - Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report - Date: April 18, 2008, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC) - Place: Kelley's Island, OH - Coordinates: 41.602779, -82.684722 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6028&lon=-82.6847&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Cleveland, OH FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 67999 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08IA113 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67999/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA113 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's selection of the wrong runway and a tailwind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 397 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 76 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 45 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis "THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED JULY 15, 2008." The pilot reported the winds were from the southwest at 7 knots when he attempted to land on runway 27. He reported he made a go around during his first landing attempt because he was too high and fast. He entered the traffic pattern again using a lower altitude and a slower airspeed. He stated he used full flaps and touched down approximately 500 feet down the runway at 60 to 65 knots. He stated the airplane was in full contact with the runway when he applied the brakes and the airplane began to skid. He stated he released the brakes and reapplied them, but the airplane continued to skid. The pilot reported the airplane slowed slightly, but it continued off the end of the runway into the grass. The nose gear contacted the edge of a roadway and the nose gear strut collapsed vertically damaging the firewall reinforcement panel. The skid marks on the runway began approximately 656 from the west end of the runway. These marks were approximately 30 feet in length. The marks then stopped for about 30 feet prior to the beginning of additional intermittent skid marks. The airplane came to rest 284 feet from the departure end of the runway. The reported winds in the area varied from 160 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 16 knots, to 210 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 18 knots. The Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant who responded to the accident reported the winds were out of the southeast at 10 knots. Photos taken by the Sergeant showed the windsock indicating a wind out of the east. ## Factual narrative "THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED JULY 15, 2008." On April 18, 2008, at 1520 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N162HD, experienced a nose gear strut collapse when the airplane overran runway 27 (2,203 feet by 50 feet, dry asphalt) while landing at the Kelley's Island Municipal Airport (89D), Kelley's Island, Ohio. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane received minor damage. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from the Griffing-Sandusky Airport (SKY), Sandusky, Ohio, at 1900. The pilot reported the Automated Weather Observing System at Keller Airport (PCW), Port Clinton, Ohio, 10 miles southwest of 89D, reported the winds as being from 210 degrees at 7 knots, and that runway 27 was being used at both SKY and PCW. He reported he flew over 89D and checked the windsock, which indicated winds from 200 degrees at about 7 knots. He entered the traffic pattern for runway 27, but was too high and fast on final approach so he performed a go-around. He again entered the traffic pattern for runway 27 using a lower altitude and a slower airspeed. He stated he used full flaps and touched down approximately 500 feet down the runway at 60 to 65 knots. He stated the airplane was in full contact with the runway when he applied the brakes and the airplane began to skid. He stated he released the brakes and reapplied them, but the airplane continued to skid. The pilot reported the airplane slowed slightly, but it continued off the end of the runway into the grass. The nose gear contacted the edge of a roadway and the nose gear strut collapsed vertically damaging the firewall reinforcement panel. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant who responded to the accident, the first visible skid marks on the runway were approximately 656 from the departure end of the runway. He reported the skid marks were approximately 30 feet in length. The marks then stopped for about 30 feet prior to additional intermittent marks being visible. The airplane came to rest 284 feet from the departure end of the runway. The winds reported at the Toledo Metcalf Airport, 35 miles west of 89D, at 1453, were 160 degrees 13 knots gusting to 16 knots. Winds reported at the Toledo Express Airport, 50 miles west of 89D, at 1452, were from 210 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 18 knots. The Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant who responded to the accident reported the winds were out of the southeast at 10 knots. Photos taken by the Sergeant show the windsock indicating a wind out of the east. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N162HD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162HD), registered now, S/N 17274762, 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 O-320-D2J](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (registry code 41595, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17274762 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Adam D. Adair - Registered owner: Jay Bird LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: SKY, Sandusky, OH - Destination: 89D, Kelley's Island, OH - Airport: 89D, Kelly's Island, runway 27, 2,203 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 77 total, 8 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 13 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: TDZ ## 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 20080418833939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080418833939A), Apr 18, 2008: Cessna 172P, Kelleys Island, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted]the pilot of Cessna 172P, N162HD, landed this aircraft at kelley's Island airport (89D)on runway 27. The aircraft proceeded off of… From the NTSB's public API. 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