- Date
- August 15, 1985, 06:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65748Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850815041619A
- Case key
- 24807
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
Directional control - intentionalCause
Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy and into a ditch after a landing at Glendale, AZ. The rwy is 2400 ft long and 50 ft wide. The plt stated he landed about 40% down the rwy, bounced three times, steered off the rwy and hit a shallow ditch. The plt reported no mechanical problems with the acft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65748
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275853
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunburst Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gerald F. Mcserren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- BXK · Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport
- P37 · Glendale Municipal, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 293 total · 38 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 14 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.