- Date
- September 19, 1983, 20:00 local (Sep 20, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dover, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64006Cessna C172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830919050209A
- Case key
- 35279
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the end of the rwy, groundlooped, and collided with a tree during an effort to avoid a blast fence. The landing, made at night with touchdown occurring too FAR down the rwy. An approach had already been abandoned due to excessive airspeed, the 2nd approach was at 75 mph. The acft floated after the flare but the pilot continued the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64006
- Reported as
- Cessna C172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,955
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eastwind Training, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- Linden, NJ
- Airport
- Chandelle, runway 4, 2,520 × 28 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 135 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N64006 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.