- Date
- August 22, 1993, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80476Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930822030029A
- Case key
- 9288
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed long and commenced heavy braking. The airplane overran the runway and struck a sign and hit a ditch before stopping. No mechanical problem was reported or found.
Factual narrative
On August 22, 1993, about 1410 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M airplane, N80476, overran the runway while landing at Pester airport, Lincoln, Nebraska. The airplane was substantially damaged. The solo commercial pilot reported no injury. Visual meteorological conditions existed in the vicinity. The personal flight originated about 1340 from Columbus, Nebraska, without a flight plan and operated under 14 CFR 91.
A witness observed the airplane land about midfield and commence heavy breaking.
The pilot reported he overran the runway. He stated he landed approximately halfway down the 1700' runway. He said he applied hard braking, but was unable to stop the airplane before it went off the end of the runway, striking a sign post and hitting a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80476
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266609
- Airframe hours
- 2,930
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brad Ellison, doing business as Columbus Sky Roamers
- Registered owner
- Sky Roamers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Departed
- OLU · Columbus, NE
- Airport
- NE59 · Pester, runway 31, 1,700 × 50 ft
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 349 total · 203 in this make and model · 294 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.