- Date
- November 23, 2003, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Tunkhannock, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735XYCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20031123030539A
- Case key
- 58381
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance resulting in an overrun.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing, the airplane touched down long and ran off the end. The airplane continued across a grass field and struck trees, before coming to rest upright.
Factual narrative
On November 23, 2003, at 1255 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N735XY, was substantially damaged during an overrun at the Skyhaven Airport (76N), Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal local flight that originated from the Wyoming Valley Airport (WBW), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, while landing on runway 01, a 2,007-foot long, asphalt runway, the airplane touched down long, and ran off the end. The airplane continued across a grass field and struck trees, before coming to rest upright.
The wind conditions at an airport located 15 miles southeast of 76N, about the time of the accident, were from 340 degrees at 4 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735XY
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265778
- Airframe hours
- 2,144
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthracite Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 2003 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- WBW · Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Destination
- 76N · Tunkhannock, PA
- Airport
- 76N · Skyhaven Airport, runway 01, 2,007 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- December 2, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 461 in this make and model · 991 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- AVP, 21 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.