- Date
- August 21, 1988, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kelley'S Island, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62920Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034489A
- Case key
- 14149
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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
Shortly after crossing the runway threshold on final approach, the pilot experienced a wind shift and elected to attempt a go-around. The pilot discontinued the attempted go-around when he judged that he would be unable to clear trees located at the departure end of the runway. The pilot 'forced' a landing with 'about 100 yards' of runway remaining, and was unable to stop the aircraft before it ran off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft continued across a road, and onto the grassy overrun, where the left main landing gear struck a small ditch. The aircraft veered to the left, the nose gear collapsed, and the aircraft came to a stop in some brush at the edge of the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62920
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262849
- Airframe hours
- 3,752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Suburban Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Suburban Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 3, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 5G9 · Lambertville, MI
- Airport
- 89D · Kelley'S Island, runway 36, 2,270 × 35 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 30 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.