- Date
- March 14, 1990, 18:36 local (Mar 15, 1990, 02:36 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13317Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900314007819A
- Case key
- 26755
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision not to use full flaps which resulted in a long landing on a wet runway.
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.
Analysis
The pilot made the landing using only 20 degrees of flaps. The aircraft touched down about one third of the length of the runway and he applied the brakes. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft entered a skid, which continued for the length of the pavement until the aircraft went off the departure end of the runway. A police air unit is based at the airport. According to the unit pilots, about a 4 knot tail wind existed at the time the aircraft landed. The officers said standing water was present on the runway surface due to a recent rainfall, and they examined the runway after the accident and said that skid marks with heavy rubber deposits were found on the runway for a distance of about 120 yards from the departure end. FAA inspectors examined the aircraft and reported that both main tires had evidence of extensive heat over a typical foot print area on the tire tread. The inspectors noted that portions of the tread crown were melted in a pattern similar to reverted rubber hydroplaning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13317
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262664
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paradise Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Don Ramsey & Wayne E. Niva
- Departed
- CIC · Chico, CA
- Airport
- 085 · Benton Field, runway 15, 2,420 × 80 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 300 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 7 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.