- Date
- April 29, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broadhead, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25227Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850429015059A
- Case key
- 13056
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that during arrival, he entered a traffic pattern for what he thought, according to his directional gyro, was rwy 9. Rwy 9 was 2500 ft long; however, he landed on rwy 3, which was 1520 ft long. During the landing, the plt was unable to stop on the rwy. After it went off the end, it hit a concrete block which was not visible in the grass. Presumably, the plt did not x-check his gyro with the magnetic compass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25227
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280542
- Airframe hours
- 3,404
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hodge Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1985
- Departed
- JVL · Janesville, WI
- Airport
- C37 · Brodhead, runway 3, 1,520 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 67 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.