- Date
- April 22, 2006, 21:45 local (Apr 23, 2006, 04:45 UTC)
- Place
- Malad City, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N679SPCessna 172 S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060422006799A
- Case key
- 63566
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Probable cause
The private pilot's improper touchdown point during landing and the certified flight instructors delayed remedial action. Ditches and fences were factors in the accident.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
In a written statement the private pilot, who was at the controls during the accident, stated that after a high approach the airplane touched down at a point where it was "too late to execute a missed approach, because we had used so much of the runway. We both slammed on the brakes and started skidding off the end of the runway. We went through a barbed wire fence and hit a ditch. Hitting the ditch launched the aircraft over a road. We went through another fence and hit another ditch, flipping the aircraft upside down." The commercial pilot/certified flight instructor reported that the airplane was too high during the approach and just as he was going to instruct the pilot to go-around "...the wheels touched down and the tires started to lockup."
Factual narrative
On April 22, 2006, at 2145 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172S, N679SP, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a runway overrun during landing at the Malad City Airport (MLD), Malad City, Idaho. The airplane was being operated by Air Center of Salt Lake, West Jordon, Utah, as an instructional cross-county flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91. The private pilot receiving instruction (pilot "A") and the commercial pilot/certified flight instructor (pilot "B") were not injured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the night cross-country flight that originated from Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport (U42), Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2035. A flight plan had been filed, however it had not been activated.
In a written statement dated April 27, the private pilot, who was at the controls during the accident, stated that after a high approach the airplane touched down at a point where it was "...too late to execute a missed approach, because we had used so much of the runway. We both slammed on the brakes and started skidding off the end of the runway. We went through a barbed wire fence and hit a ditch. Hitting the ditch launched the aircraft over a road. We went through another fence and hit another ditch, flipping the aircraft upside down."
In a written statement dated April 29, the commercial pilot/certified flight instructor reported that the airplane was too high during the approach and just as he was going to instruct the pilot to go-around "...the wheels touched down and the tires started to lockup."
Both pilot statements are contained in the public docket associated with this report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N679SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8090
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center of Salt Lake
- Registered owner
- McCullough Construction
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- MLD · Malad City, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MLD · Malad City, runway 16, 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 39 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 2,560 total · 580 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.