MIA06CA005

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172R · Bunnell, FL · October 18, 2005

Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal report
Date
October 18, 2005, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
Place
Bunnell, FL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2621UCessna 172R
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report January 31, 2006
Report
Approved by Office Director
Case key
62737

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Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance/speed, and his delayed braking during landing, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the runway and impacting a ditch.

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.

OverrunLanding
Distance/speed - misjudgedPilot in commandCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedPilot in commandCause
Brakes(normal) - delayedPilot in commandCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - ditch

Analysis

In a summary of the accident report written by the pilot, she stated, "I was flying at 80 knots with 20 degrees of flaps on base at 600 feet. On final I was flying at 70 knots with 800 RPM and full flaps (30 degrees). I idled the throttle and began a flare at 50 feet. Everything was fine until the airplane touched down and bounced once with so much speed somewhere in the middle of the Runway. Landing lights off, Transponder on Standby, flaps down to help on rollout. Towards the end of the Runway I applied both brakes, then right brake and entered into the grass."

Factual narrative

On October 18, 2005, about 0800 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172R, N2621U, registered to McMinn County Aviation, Inc. and operated by Phoenix East Aviation, Inc., ran off the end of runway 29 during landing at Flagler County Airport, Bunnell, FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane incurred substantial damage and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 0730 from Daytona Beach International Airport, Daytona Beach, FL.

In a summary of the accident written by the pilot, she states, "I was flying at 80 knots with 20 degrees of flaps on base at 600 feet. On final I was flying at 70 knots with 800 RPM and full flaps (30 degrees). I idled the throttle and began a flare at 50 feet. Everything was fine until the airplane touched down and bounced once with so much speed somewhere in the middle of the Runway. Landing lights off, Transponder on Standby, flaps down to help on rollout. Towards the end of the Runway I applied both brakes, then right brake and entered into the grass."

Aircraft

Registration
N2621U
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17280558
Engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Phoenix East Aviation Inc
Registered owner
McMinn County Aviation, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
KDAB · Daytona Beach, FL
Destination
X47 · Bunnell, FL
Airport
X47 · Flagler County Airport, runway 29

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Student pilot
Age
24
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 1
Flight hours
20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day