# NTSB NYC05CA073: Cessna 172N, N1086F, Wellington, OH, April 17, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 17, 2005, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: Wellington, OH - Coordinates: 41.162498, -82.202774 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1625&lon=-82.2028&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 61324 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA073 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61324/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA073 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - tailwind - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - soft - Nose over, landing ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1086F-2008-04-03), registration cancelled 2008-04-03, S/N 17272952, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172N - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17272952 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050417033849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050417033849A), Apr 17, 2005: Cessna 172N, Wellington, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] departed runway 27 at medina municipal airport with one passenger enroute to reader-Botsford Airport (67D) in… From the NTSB's public API. 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