- Date
- August 4, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ames, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75552Cessna 172 N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804039389A
- Case key
- 33459
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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.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt reported that during the landing, he came in too fast & over ran the rwy, then the acft ran into a ditch & turned over. Reportedly, he landed on the last 20% of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75552
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267802
- Airframe hours
- 2,572
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northland Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1983
- Departed
- Y76 · Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- AMW · Municipal, runway 13, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 323 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.