- Date
- March 9, 1991, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skykomish, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3163NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910309012739A
- Case key
- 41396
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to take appropriate remedial action after landing too FAR down 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, who was gaining operating experience for insurance purposes, elected to land at Skykomish while visiting several airports. The pilot stated that he landed longer than he would like, and didn't use the brakes as aggressively as he could have. The airplane rolled off the end of the runway and substained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3163N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13421
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Myles Bradley/Virgene Bornhold
- Registered owner
- Myles Bradley/Virgene Bornhold
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- WA60 · Skykomish, WA
- Airport
- WA60 · Skykomish, runway 6, 2,050 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 11 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.