- Date
- June 20, 2008, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Orangeburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65357Cessna 172S
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080620840739A
- Case key
- 68282
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point on landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of a Cessna 172S stated that he entered a left downwind for landing and completed the before landing check. He turned on base leg early, resulting in the airplane being high on final approach. The airplane floated, touched down long on the wet grass runway, and slid off the end of the runway while veering to the right. The right wing collided with a tree and rotated to the right, the tail of the airplane collided with a fence, and the airplane came to a stop. The pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a Cessna 172S stated he entered a left downwind for landing and completed the before landing check. He turned on base leg early, resulting in the airplane being high on final approach. The airplane floated, touchdown long on the wet grass runway, and slid off the end of the runway while veering to the right. The right wing collided with a tree and rotated to the right, the tail of the airplane collided with a fence, and the airplane came to a stop. The pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65357
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S9705
- Airframe hours
- 1,386
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard E. Stevenson
- Registered owner
- Corsair Enterprises Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2008 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- OGB · Orangeburg, SC
- Destination
- 1DS · Orangeburg, SC
- Airport
- 1DS · Dry Swamp Airport, runway 02, 2,900 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 10 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KOGB, 5 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.