- Date
- April 17, 1989, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- So. Bethlehem, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6105ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890417008729A
- Case key
- 36399
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Probable cause
The pilots misjudgement of landing distance which resulted in the failure to touchdown at a proper touchdown point. The pilot also failed to perform a go-around.
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
The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and onto soft ground during landing roll. The nose wheel dug into the soft sod and the aircraft nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6105E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17246205
- Airframe hours
- 2,326
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C & F Air Sales
- Registered owner
- Perry Condon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1988 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- 480 · So. Bethlehem, PA
- Airport
- ABO · So. Albany, runway 19, 2,850 × 28 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,267 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,150 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N6105E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.