# NTSB NYC99LA183: Cessna 172G, N6017R, Dover, DE, July 23, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 23, 1999, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Dover, DE - Coordinates: 39.150333, -75.51007 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1503&lon=-75.5101&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 46971 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC99LA183 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46971/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA183 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to execute a go-around. Factors include excessive airspeed on the final approach, and the student pilot's attempt to land beyond a safe touchdown point. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor) - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll ## Analysis The student pilot landed the airplane long and fast, and could not stop it before it went off the end of the runway and into some trees. The pilot was supposed to initiate a go-around once the airplane passed a prescribed mark on the runway, but did not do so. ## Factual narrative On July 23, 1999, about 1830 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cessna 172G, N6017R, was destroyed when it overran the runway and impacted trees at Chandelle Estates Airport (0N4), Dover, Delaware. The student pilot was uninjured, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the local instructional solo flight, which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, the student pilot was on his third solo flight, when he "landed long and fast" on Runway 4. The student pilot could not stop the airplane before it went off the end of the runway, and then into some trees. The student pilot wrote that he "had glide rate set up, and 30 degrees flaps on final." During the landing, the airplane touched down once, then "bounced and floated. I ran out of runway and headed for [a] tree...." In a separate statement, the operator wrote that the student pilot did not follow a flight school directive, which required him to initiate a go-around after reaching a prescribed mark on the runway. About 30 minutes after the accident, weather recorded at an airport 4 miles to the south included winds from 110 degrees magnetic, at 5 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6017R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6017R-2001-06-13), registration cancelled 2001-06-13, S/N 17253686 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172G - Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17253686 - Airframe hours: 4231 - Engines: Continental O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Jim Strong Aviation, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 12, 1999, 56 hours before - Departed: 0N4 - Airport: 0N4, Chandelle Estates, runway 4, 2,533 × 28 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 22 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 5 knots - Visibility: 4 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: DOV, 4 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19990723009649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990723009649A), Jul 23, 1999: Cessna 172G, Dover, DE, Destroyed. (.4) The student pilot landed the airplane long and fast, and could not stop it before it went off the end of the runway and into some trees. The pilot was… ## Other investigations on N6017R (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB NYC68D0048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68D0048), Jul 1, 1967: Cessna 172 (N6017R), Monticello, NY, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.