# NTSB NYC04CA028: Cessna 172K, N78203, Kilbourne, OH, November 8, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 8, 2003, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Kilbourne, OH
- Coordinates: 40.329376, -82.959106 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3294&lon=-82.9591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58311
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58311/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA028

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point which resulted in an overrun and subsequent nose over.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - plowed/furrowed

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78203-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 17257525, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17257525
- Airframe hours: 3900
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20031108029299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031108029299A), Nov 8, 2003: Cessna 172K, Sunbury, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing to the southwest on a 2700' Private runway. Aircraft touched down approximately halfway down the runway and could not stop before 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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