- Date
- June 28, 1997, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fowlerville, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55121Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970628018469A
- Case key
- 10614
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to either attain proper touchdown point for landing or go around while he had sufficient airspeed and runway remaining.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that this was the first time he had flown the airplane with three passengers. He said that he allowed the airplane to land about 700' from the departure end of the 3,040' runway. Also, he indicated that the brakes would not stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane overran the end of the runway and went into a crop field.
Factual narrative
On June 28, 1997, at 1330 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N55121, registered to Kal Aero, Inc., of Battle Creek, Michigan, and operated by a private pilot, experienced an overrun on runway 27 (3,040' x 110' dry turf), near Fowlerville, Michigan. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The pilot said that this was the first time he had flown the airplane with three passengers and that the airplane touched down about 700' from the departure end of the runway and overran into a crop field. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Howell Michigan, at 1230.
The pilot stated that the he allowed the airplane to land long when the airplane floated. He said he attempted to use the brakes, but they were ineffective in stopping the airplane on the runway remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55121
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275114
- Airframe hours
- 7,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kal Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 23, 1997 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- OZW · Howell, MI
- Destination
- 65G
- Airport
- 65G · Maple Grove, runway 27, 3,040 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 22 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.