# NTSB NYC04LA038: Cessna 182Q, N735XY, Tunkhannock, PA, November 23, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 23, 2003, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Coordinates: 41.529167, -75.946662
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5292&lon=-75.9467&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA038

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance resulting in an overrun.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735XY-2021-07-03), registration cancelled 2021-07-03, S/N 18265778 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265778
- Airframe hours: 2144
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20031123030539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031123030539A), Nov 23, 2003: Cessna 182Q, Tunkhannock, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing on runway 01 at Tunkhannock airport (76N). Pilot landed long and was unable to stop. The aircraft exited the runway into a clump of…

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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