- Date
- April 23, 1987, 10:24 local (15:24 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1107FCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870423069939A
- Case key
- 22357
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A student pilot on a solo flight in the local area, landed long and ran off the end of the runway. The pilot stated that the accident occurred due to touchdown too FAR down the runway. He further related that the presence of high tension wires influenced his decision to not abort the landing. Rough terrain beyond the runway caused the nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1107F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254702
- Airframe hours
- 1,230
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard C. Snock
- Registered owner
- Bernard Snock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1986 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- STA4 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- STA4 · Westheimore Airport, runway 29, 2,500 × 28 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 67 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.