# NTSB CHI83LA309: Cessna 172M, N9277, Holland, MI, July 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1983, 23:00 local (Jul 12, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Holland, MI
- Coordinates: 42.770187, -86.100753 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7702&lon=-86.1008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA309

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17261616
- Airframe hours: 2743
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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

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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