# NTSB MKC83LA178: Cessna 172 N, N75552, Ames, IA, August 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Ames, IA
- Coordinates: 42.020786, -93.620857 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0208&lon=-93.6209&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): 33459
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33459/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA178

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267802
- Airframe hours: 2572
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830804039389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830804039389A), Aug 4, 1983: Cessna 172N, Ames, IA, Substantial damage. Landed on last 20 percent of runway. Ran off end. Struck a ditch and flipped over.

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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