# NTSB ERA09CA309: Cessna 172A, N6843X, Glenburn, ME, May 26, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 26, 2009, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Glenburn, ME
- Coordinates: 44.906944, -68.805
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9069&lon=-68.8050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73917
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09CA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73917/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73917
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA309

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072404), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2072404), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072404), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot landed on runway 01, a 1,900-foot-long grass runway. He stated that he was “too high, too fast on final.” The airplane overran the end of the runway, went up an embankment, and sustained substantial damage to the firewall and fuselage. The winds reported at an airport 6 miles to the south of the accident location were 210 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The pilot landed on runway 01, a 1,900-foot-long grass runway. He stated he was “too high, too fast on final.” The airplane overran the end of the runway, went up an embankment, and sustained substantial damage to the firewall and the fuselage. The winds reported at an airport 6 miles to the south of the accident location were 210 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6843X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6843X), registered now, S/N 47743, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 47743
- Airframe hours: 3600
- Engines: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 28, 2009
- Departed: BGR, Bangor, ME
- Destination: Glenburn, ME
- Airport: 06B, Lucky Landings Marina & SPB, runway 01, 1,900 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 9, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 2,210 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 2,090 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.26 inHg
- Observed at: BGR, 6 nm away

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73917. 730 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 399 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314739&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Weather - BGR METARs (item 2, .PDF, 13 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314740&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20-%20BGR%20METARs-Master.PDF
- FAA Photo - Airplane Damage and Embankment (item 3, .PDF, 159 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314741&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Photo%20-%20Airplane%20Damage%20and%20Embankment-Master.PDF
- FAA Photo - Front of Fuselage (item 4, .PDF, 158 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314742&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Photo%20-%20Front%20of%20Fuselage-Master.PDF

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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