- Date
- September 14, 1987, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scottdale, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2467UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870914053129A
- Case key
- 30733
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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
During a local pleasure flight, the pilot noticed the airspeed indicator was inoperative. On lndg the acft was obsvd to touchdown abt half-way down the rwy and faster than normal. The aircraft continued off the runway and crossed the airport road coming to rest down an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2467U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250067
- Airframe hours
- 3,307
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leo Horacek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MGW · Morgantown, WV
- Destination
- G07 · Scottdale, PA
- Airport
- G07 · Mt. Pleasant, runway 32, 1,600 × 220 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,188 total · 148 in this make and model · 79 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.