- Date
- April 15, 1984, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mayville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3977QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415013579A
- Case key
- 35536
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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
On an apch to land, after a go-around, the acft crossed over wires & touched down on the 1st half of the rwy. The plt applied brakes on the wet grass rwy, but noted a lack of braking action. He applied power to go around, but decided the acft would not clear the trees, so he aborted the go-around. The acft went off the end of the rwy & came to rest in a wooded ravine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3977Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260077
- Airframe hours
- 2,978
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Williamsville Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1983
- Departed
- 9GO · Buffalo, NY
- Airport
- D79 · Dart, runway 24, 1,840 × 80 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 121 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.