- Date
- September 19, 1985, 19:40 local (Sep 20, 1985, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2359TNavion 61G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850919045719A
- Case key
- 13217
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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 landed long on the 4000 ft asphalt rwy. He stated he was applying heavy braking when his foot slipped causing him to strike and advance the throttle. The acft rolled off the end of the rwy into a corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2359T
- Reported as
- Navion 61G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV42359
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-H, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S. G. Dooley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1985
- Departed
- BG7 · Zelienople, PA
- Destination
- 5L1 · Greenwood, IN
- Airport
- SL1 · Skyway, runway 36, 4,000 × 500 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,105 total · 146 in this make and model · 962 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.