- Date
- October 3, 1985, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8347UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851003054779A
- Case key
- 13363
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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 acft overran the rwy and collided with wires and a pole during landing. The student plt stated that he was too fast and landed long during the calm wind landing. He also stated he should have used more flaps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8347U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252247
- Airframe hours
- 2,950
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth M. Feielin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- 5D4 · Martin Field, runway 27, 2,600 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 113 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.