- Date
- October 26, 1985, 18:50 local (Oct 27, 1985, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98954Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851026057259A
- Case key
- 25006
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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Analysis
During an instructional flt the student plt, who had a total of 5 hrs of flt time, attempted to land with the flaps extended to the 20 deg position. The acft ballooned, & the CFI took control & elected to complete the landing. Insufficient rwy remained & the acft overran its end, traversed a drainage ditch and collided with a fence. The CFI reported that, mechanically, the acft was in proper working condition. He also stated that he was unaware of the effect removing the 20 deg of flaps would have on the acft's stopping distance, so he left the flaps extended.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98954
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276384
- Airframe hours
- 166
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviation Co., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Robert T. Hibbard And Kathryn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 9, 1985 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Muni, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,017 total · 22 in this make and model · 868 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.