# NTSB ERA24LA339: Cessna 172, N6543E, Medina, OH, August 6, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 6, 2024, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Medina, OH · Off end of runway 19 at K1G5 - Coordinates: 41.131444, -81.764889 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1314&lon=-81.7649&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 194860 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA339 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194860/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194860 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA339 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent noseover. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 41 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 81 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 44 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot and the flight instructor had completed several practice takeoffs and landings, after which the flight instructor disembarked and sent the student pilot for a solo flight in the airport traffic pattern. As the student pilot approached the runway for landing, the flight instructor stated that the airplane looked like it was “high and fast.” The airplane subsequently touched down near the midpoint of the runway and overran the departure end. The airplane nosed over during the runway excursion and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6543E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6543E-2024-12-18), registration cancelled 2024-12-18, S/N 17272033, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (N) - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17272033 - Year built: 1978 - Airframe hours: 6256 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 1G5, Medina Muni, runway 19, 2,868 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Satellite tracking device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 78; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 73.5 total, 36 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: AKR, 15 nm away - METAR: SPECI KAKR 061515Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM SCT027 29/23 A2995 RMK AO2 RAE1459 P0000 T02890228 PWINO $ ## 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 20240806013129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240806013129A), Aug 6, 2024: Cessna 172N, Medina, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot flying a Cessna 172, on first solo, flew around the pattern, during landing touchdown at about midfield, then ballooned , landed again and… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 2, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194860. 5.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17773925&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20(Signed)_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� FAA inspectors statement, interview, flight instructor, student (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 78 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17815255&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%20Statement%20MOR-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17799298&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20N6543E-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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