- Date
- February 10, 1991, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9796VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910210002109A
- Case key
- 36877
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Probable cause
The pilot's improperly executed approach, resulting in a landing with excessive airspeed.
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 landed on runway 36. He said, 'after touching down...aircraft speed was greater than appropriate to negotiate end of runway turnoff. Aircraft skidded off end of runway...slipped down embankment.' The weather was VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9796V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C17264506
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J & B Advisors, Inc.
- Registered owner
- J & B Advisors, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MMD · Morristown, NJ
- Airport
- N43 · Easton, runway 36, 1,953 × 50 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--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 15 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.