- Date
- September 9, 1989, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bayport, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734UGCessna 172N
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890909034509A
- Case key
- 36479
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudging speed and distance resulting in his overshooting the landing and running off the end of the runway.
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 pilot said that during landing he came in high and fast. The aircraft ballooned twice and he attempted to go around but decided to abort. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway hitting a tree with the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734UG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fazio Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 23N · Bayport
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Temperature
- -0 °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.