- Date
- November 10, 1984, 11:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97594Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841110061519A
- Case key
- 35592
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft landed long with excessive speed. Plt attempted a go-around but was unable to obtain sufficient flying speed before reaching the end of the rwy which drops off into a steep embankment. When the acft reached the end of the rwy ground effect was lost and the acft contacted the ground aprx 1500 ft past the end of the rwy and rolled iverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97594
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276214
- Airframe hours
- 274
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steel City Flyers
- Registered owner
- Q Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 10, 1984 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- ERI · Erie, PA
- Destination
- AGC · Allegheny, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny County, runway 23, 2,536 × 100 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 579 total · 34 in this make and model · 518 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.