- Date
- July 12, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54465Cessna 172PII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840712048049A
- Case key
- 35748
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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.
Overrun
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Go-around - not performedFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Brakes(normal) - attempted
Ground loop/swerve - intentional
Analysis
Plt stated groundspeed was fast during the flare and an abrupt touchdown was made 'fairly far' down the rwy. Plt reported, 'braking had not sufficiently slowed or stopped the plane as the plane neared the end of the runway, and it veered off to the right of the runway near its end.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54465
- Reported as
- Cessna 172PII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274981
- Airframe hours
- 1,387
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Brainerd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5B5 · Bennington, VT
- Airport
- N04 · Griswold, runway 6, 1,863 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 14 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.