- Date
- April 17, 2005, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wellington, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1086FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050417033849A
- Case key
- 61324
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in an overrun during landing. A factor in the accident was the tail wind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was landing on runway 18, a 2,850-foot-long, 100-foot wide, turf runway. The pilot attempted to touchdown near a hangar; however, the airplane floated. The airplane then touched down about 400 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane overran the runway, traveled into a wet field, and came to rest inverted. The reported wind at an airport located approximately 10 miles north of the accident site, at 1153, was from 340 degrees at 8 knots.
Factual narrative
On April 17, 2005, about 1215 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N1086F, was substantially damaged while landing at Reader-Botsford Airport (67D), Wellington, Ohio. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Medina Municipal Airport (1G5), Medina, Ohio. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot stated that he was landing on runway 18, a 2,850-foot-long, 100-foot wide, turf runway. He attempted to touchdown near a hangar; however, the airplane floated. The airplane then touched down about 400 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane overran the runway, traveled into a wet field, and came to rest inverted.
The pilot reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was varying between southwest and northwest, at 10 knots. The reported wind at an airport located approximately 10 miles north of the accident site, at 1153, was from 340 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1086F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272952
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Services Of Medina
- Registered owner
- Olson Products Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1G5 · Medina, OH
- Destination
- 67D · Wellington, OH
- Airport
- 67D · Reader-Botsford Airport, runway 18, 2,850 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 6 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- 10 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.