- Date
- October 26, 1987, 19:05 local (Oct 27, 1987, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3931LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871026065499A
- Case key
- 22591
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Light condition - nightFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Landing gear,tire - disabled
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The pilot landed long and could not stop before running off the end of the runway. The aircraft, collided with a fence and the left wing was damaged when the acft collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3931L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254100
- Airframe hours
- 1,569
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Carrens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1987
- Departed
- ROW · Roswell, NM
- Destination
- MDD · Midland, TX
- Airport
- MOD · Midland Airport, runway 16, 3,975 × ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 29 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.