# NTSB NYC06CA159: Cessna 172S, N968SP, White Plains, NY, June 21, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 21, 2006, 17:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Coordinates: 41.066944, -73.707496
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0669&lon=-73.7075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA159

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged speed/distance which resulted in an overrun.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N968SP), registered now, S/N 172S8170, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S8170
- Airframe hours: 3042
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 42; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060621031319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060621031319A), Jun 21, 2006: Cessna 172S, White Plains, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On 06/21/2006 at approximately 1706 hours EST, this aircraft landed on runway 29 and hpn airport and after landing overran the runway and came to rest on…

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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