- Date
- June 21, 2006, 17:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place
- White Plains, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N968SPCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060621031319A
- Case key
- 64009
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged speed/distance which resulted in an overrun.
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
According to the pilot, he was "too high" during final approach to the runway, so he initiated a slip to lose altitude. As the airplane touched down, the pilot "flared and tried to bleed off airspeed"; however, the airplane "ran out of runway," continued into the grass and impacted a fence. The pilot reported approximately 35 hours of total flight experience. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed no mechanical deficiencies.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was "too high" during final approach to the runway, so he initiated a slip to loose altitude. As the Cessna 172 airplane touched down, the pilot "flared and tried to bleed off airspeed"; however, the airplane "ran out of runway," continued into the grass and impacted a fence. The pilot reported approximately 35 hours of total flight experience. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed no mechanical deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N968SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8170
- Airframe hours
- 3,042
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Panorama Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Carter Communications Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 1, 2006
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Destination
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Airport
- HPN · Westchester County Airport, runway 29, 4,451 × 150 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- HPN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.