- Date
- April 14, 1989, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9946QCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890414063479A
- Case key
- 36396
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the airspeed and distance during the landing.
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 proficiency flight the pilot landed long. The acft ran off the end of the rwy and nosed over in rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9946Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265890
- Airframe hours
- 2,725
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donalde.Martin
- Registered owner
- Donald E Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 9, 1988 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- 58N · Palmyra, PA
- Airport
- 58N · Raigle, runway 31, 2,000 × 40 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 9 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °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 N9946Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.