- Date
- June 8, 1993, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. James, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73630Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930608019789A
- Case key
- 15729
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Probable cause
The pilot landed too long on a wet runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touching down approximately halfway down the runway the aircraft overran the departure end. The pilot stated he applied the airplane's brakes to stop, however the tires slid on the wet grass. The airplane's right wing hit a tree, swinging the airplane to the right also damaging the aircraft's left wing tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73630
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267588
- Airframe hours
- 2,210
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Schellenberg
- Registered owner
- Charles Schellenberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1993 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CVX · Charlevoix, MI
- Destination
- 6Y8
- Airport
- 6Y8 · Welke Airport, runway 17, 3,500 × 140 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 504 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73630 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.