- Date
- September 18, 1989, 21:00 local (Sep 19, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714XGCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890918035559A
- Case key
- 14419
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Probable cause
The pilot landed long and failed to make a go around.
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.
Overrun
Light condition - night
Proper touchdown point - not attainedFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During a night training flight, the student pilot landed long on a sod runway. The aircraft overran the end, struck a ditch & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying "C" Leasing, Ltd.
- Airport
- 0C8 · Cushing Field, runway 36, 2,835 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 59 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- ARR, 18 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.