# NTSB MIA86LA254: Cessna 172P, N54759, Live Oak, FL, September 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Live Oak, FL
- Coordinates: 30.270807, -83.039863 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2708&lon=-83.0399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA254
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31708/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA254

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT AFTER HE LANDED ON A WET RWY, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP & THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END. BEFORE STOPPING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE STUDENT HAD LANDED WELL BEYOND THE NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AREA OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54759](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54759-1990-09-14), registration cancelled 1990-09-14, S/N 17275049 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275049
- Airframe hours: 1901
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eagle Flight Center,Inc.
- Registered owner: R. B. Tate Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1986, 56 hours before
- Departed: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 24J, Suwannee County, runway 25, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 151 total, 151 in this make and model, 31 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX, 70 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860926082039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860926082039A), Sep 26, 1986: Cessna 172P, Live Oak, FL, Substantial damage. The student landed long and the aircraft departed the end of the wet runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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