- Date
- November 8, 2003, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kilbourne, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78203Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20031108029299A
- Case key
- 58311
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point which resulted in an overrun and subsequent nose over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was on approach to a 2,800-foot-long, turf runway. The pilot reported he landed "long" and was not able to stop the airplane before it departed the end of the runway. The airplane entered a plowed field and nosed over. The pilot added that winds were calm at the time of the accident and he did not experience any mechanical problems.
Factual narrative
On November 8, 2003, about 1530 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172K, N78203, was substantially damaged while landing at a private airstrip in Kilbourne, Ohio. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed the Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, Ohio. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was on approach to a 2,800-foot-long, turf runway, that was located on a farm and oriented on a north/south heading.
The pilot reported he landed "long" and was not able to stop the airplane before it departed the end of the runway. The airplane entered a plowed field and nosed over. The pilot added that winds were calm at the time of the accident and he did not experience any mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78203
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257525
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl Lee, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 2003 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- NONE · Kilbourne, OH
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway S, 2,800 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 28, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 150 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.55 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 20 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.