- Date
- August 16, 1991, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64834Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910816034709A
- Case key
- 36989
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Probable cause
The pilot initiated an emergency landing when the engine RPM went to zero due to a broken tachometer cable. He did not attain the proper touchdown point and overran 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 had entered downwind for a landing on runway 27 and was about the mid point of the runway when the engine RPM dropped to zero. The pilot made an emergency descent to the runway and after getting aligned with the runway the airplane was still high. The pilot lowered the nose in an effort to land on the runway pavement, however, he touched down with about 20% of the runway remaining. The airplane departed the runway into a grassy marsh and nosed over. The examination of the wreckage revealed a broken tachometer cable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64834
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275632
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dunkirk Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Dunkirk Aviation, Inc
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DKK · Dunkirk, NY
- Destination
- FWA · Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport
- SKY · Griffing-Sandusky, runway 27, 3,553 × 60 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 28 in this make and model · 52.2 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2.5 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.