# NTSB CHI90LA013: Cessna 172H, N1407F, Bay City, MI, October 14, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1989, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Coordinates: 43.600936, -83.950851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6009&lon=-83.9509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA013

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IN A TIMELY MANNER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - water

## Analysis

PILOT MADE APPROACH TO 2600 FOOT RUNWAY MAINTAINING 90 MPH APPROACH SPEED BECAUSE OF CONCERN FOR AN EARLIER WINDSHEAR ADVISORY. TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS FURTHER DOWN RUNWAY THAN PILOT HAD PLANNED. PILOT ELECTED TO TRY TO STOP AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY, WENT UP AND OVER A DIKE AND LANDED IN RIVER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1407F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1407F-2008-08-05), registration cancelled 2008-08-05, S/N 17254902, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172454902
- Airframe hours: 2912
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sparta 140 Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 12, 1989, 50 hours before
- Departed: 5D3, OWOSSO, MI
- Destination: 3CM, BAY CITY, MI
- Airport: 3CM, James Clements, runway 23, 2,345 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 165 total, 66 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MBS, 8 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 19891014040729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014040729A), Oct 14, 1989: Cessna 172H, Bay City, MI, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Unable to stop, ran off end of runway into a river.

## Other investigations on N1407F (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI69D0376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0376), Nov 28, 1968: Cessna 172H (N1407F), Fairborn, OH, substantial damage

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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