- Date
- June 13, 1996, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gardner, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7373GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960613013799A
- Case key
- 39195
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Probable cause
the pilot 's misjudgment of speed and distance during 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
The pilot was doing a simulated forced landing when the airplane overran the runway and nosed over. According to the pilot, he was too high during the approach, and he considered doing a go around; however, the airspeed was too slow, so he landed. The airplane bounced twice, struck a runway light, and came to rest inverted about 50 yards beyond the runway end on swampy terrain.
Factual narrative
On June 13, 1996, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N7373G, was substantially damaged while practicing forced landings at Gardner Municipal Airport, Gardner, Massachusetts. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The personal flight originated in Westfield, Massachusetts about 1415 edt. No flight plan had been filed for the local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 the pilot stated, I was "high and close on final and intended to go around but was too slow and ran out of runway. I bounced two times on the runway and hit the last runway light on the left, then came to rest upside down approximately 50 yards past the end of the runway. I was too slow to start the propeller and did not have adequate runway remaining to stop."
Post-accident examination of the wreckage, by the Federal Aviation Administration, revealed no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7373G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259073
- Airframe hours
- 7,686
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward W. Carroll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Destination
- GDM
- Airport
- GDM · Gardner Municipal, runway 18, 3,000 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 56 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.