- Date
- June 19, 2005, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hancock, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736TGCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050619011489A
- Case key
- 61755
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor was the wet turf runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot selected full flaps for a landing on a 1,910-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, wet turf runway. The airplane landed long, and the pilot applied the brakes. The braking action was poor due to wet grass, and the pilot retracted the flaps in an effort to improve braking. However, the airplane traveled off the end of the runway, down an incline, and came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On June 19, 2005, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna R182, N736TG, was substantially damaged while landing at White Birch Field (4N8), Hancock, New York. The certificated private pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Sullivan County International Airport (MSV), Monticello, New York. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported that he selected full flaps for a landing on runway 17; a 1,910-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, wet turf runway. The airplane landed long, and the pilot applied the brakes. The braking action was poor due to wet grass, and the pilot retracted the flaps in an effort to improve braking. However, the airplane traveled off the end of the runway, down an incline, and came to rest inverted.
The reported wind at an airport approximately 33 miles northwest of the accident site, at 0953, was from 070 degrees at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736TG
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200768
- Engine
- Lycoming O540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fredric R. Verona
- Registered owner
- Verona Oil Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MSV · Monticello, NY
- Destination
- 4N8 · Hancock, NY
- Airport
- 4N8 · White Birch Field, runway 17, 1,910 × 70 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
- 72
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- BGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.