- Date
- September 14, 1986, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Seven Springs, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733CPCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860914047659A
- Case key
- 30426
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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
Pilot came in long and high for landing, attempted to land then decided to abort due to insufficient runway remaining. The aircraft continued off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268193
- Airframe hours
- 2,360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ft.Meade Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Ft Meade Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FME · Ft Meade, MD
- Destination
- 7SP · Seven Springs, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 7SP · Seven Springs, runway 9, 3,050 × 42 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 232 total · 104 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N733CP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.