- Date
- September 14, 2007, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Bragg, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5344UCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070914021699A
- Case key
- 66685
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged speed and distance, which resulted in a landing overrun of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he landed, overran the 1,850-foot runway, and came to rest in a ditch on the departure end of the runway. Review of the airplane's landing performance chart revealed that if the pilot landed the airplane at maximum gross weight with full flaps extended, a ground roll of about 740 feet would have been required to stop. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including structural damage to the firewall and right wing.
Factual narrative
On September 14, 2007, about 1500 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna U206G, N5344U, overran the runway and came to rest in a ditch at the Fort Bragg Airport, Fort Bragg, California. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal flight departed a private airstrip in Laytonville, California, about 1445, with a planned destination of Fort Bragg. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
In a written report to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot stated he landed, overran the 1,850-foot runway, and came to rest in a ditch on the departure end of the runway. Review of the airplane's landing performance chart revealed that if the pilot landed the airplane at maximum gross weight with full flaps extended, a ground roll of about 740 feet would have been required to stop.
The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including structural damage to the firewall and right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5344U
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605225
- Airframe hours
- 9,020
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F27, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2007 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- Laytonville, CA
- Destination
- 82CL · Fort Bragg, CA
- Airport
- 82CL · Fort Bragg Airport, runway 16, 1,850 × 60 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
- 62
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,972 total · 80 in this make and model · 3,972 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.