# NTSB CHI88LA216: Cessna 172M, N62920, Kelley'S Island, OH, August 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1988, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Kelley'S Island, OH
- Coordinates: 41.600337, -82.710441 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6003&lon=-82.7104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA216

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62920-2013-08-22), registration cancelled 2013-08-22, S/N 17262849 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262849
- Airframe hours: 3752
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880821034489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034489A), Aug 21, 1988: Cessna 172M, Kelleys Island, OH, Substantial damage. Landed fast and long on a short strip with quartering tailwind. Ran off end of runway,swerved into heavy brush.

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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