# NTSB NYC83LA212: Cessna 172P, N63196, Westville, NY, August 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 11, 1983, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Westville, NY
- Coordinates: 42.700794, -74.920921 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7008&lon=-74.9209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35251/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA212

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63196-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 17275404 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1725404
- Airframe hours: 221
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830811045019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830811045019A), Aug 11, 1983: Cessna 172P, Westville, NY, Substantial damage. Landed fast and long on a wet sod runway. Skidded off end and down a 45 foot embankment into a ditch.

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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