- Date
- August 11, 1983, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Westville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63196Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830811045019A
- Case key
- 35251
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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
During arrival, the plt landed in light rain on a wet sod rwy with light & variable wind conditions. He reported that he touched down on the 1st third of the rwy, but witnesses said that the acft landed past the midfield point. Subsequently, the plt was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. The acft continued off the end of the rwy, went down an embankment & came to rest in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63196
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1725404
- Airframe hours
- 221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip Delveccio
- Registered owner
- Cavu-Wotof, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 24, 1983 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- RUT · Rutland State, VT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NY54 · Copperstown, runway 20, 2,700 × 125 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,015 total · 71 in this make and model · 984 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.