- Date
- October 13, 1991, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Colville, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64475Cessna 172C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911013045999A
- Case key
- 41604
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed go-around. Factors contributing to the accident was the pilot's misjudgement of distance and speed during the approach.
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
While on final approach the pilot was aware that the airplane was high. The pilot extended full flaps and continued the approach. The airplane floated down the runway and touched down near the end. The pilot realized that there was insufficient room to stop and applied full power without retracting the flaps. The aiplane ran off the end of the runway and became airborne when the terrain dropped several feet off the end of the runway. After the aborted landing, the airplane was unable to gain sufficient altitude to clear obstructions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64475
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265256
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kieran Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Kieran Aviation Service
- Departed
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- 63S · Colville, runway 19, 2,396 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 62 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.