# NTSB CHI93LA332: Cessna 172M, N80476, Lincoln, NE, August 22, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1993, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Location: 40.8333° N, 96.5670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pester Airport (NE59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8333&lon=-96.5670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA332
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA332

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - sign
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80476), registered now, S/N 17266609, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266609
- Airframe hours: 2930
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930822030029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930822030029A), Aug 22, 1993: Cessna 172M, Lincoln, NE, Substantial damage. Landed long on short strip. Unable to stop slid off end runway into a ditch.

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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