- Date
- July 11, 1983, 23:00 local (Jul 12, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9277Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12258
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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.
Overrun
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Lowering of flaps - not performedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The acft ran off the end of the runway and collided with trees during landing. This runway is 3075 feet long. The wind was calm and the pilot failed to use flaps. The pilot was making a simulated engine failure-power off-landing. He said when it became apparent that he had run out of runway he chose to turn left to avoid a ditch but in doing so he collidedwith a stand of young saplings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9277
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261616
- Airframe hours
- 2,743
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macatawa Flyers Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- HLM · Holland Park Twsp., runway 5, 3,075 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 552 total · 464 in this make and model · 428 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F