- Date
- November 17, 1993, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4713DCessna C-172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931117043469A
- Case key
- 41856
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Factors include tailwind conditions and an airport perimeter fence.
Analysis
The private pilot touched down about midfield with a tailwind and overshot the end of the runway, impacting the airport perimeter fence.
Factual narrative
On November 17, 1993, at 1100 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172N, N4713D, operated by Idaho Falls Av Center and rented to the pilot, overran the end of runway 17 while landing and impacted a fence at Fanning Field, Idaho Falls, Idaho. There was no flight plan filed for the local personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR 91 in visual meteorological conditions, that took off about 0900, November 17, 1993. The private certificated pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft was substantially damaged. There was no fire.
Witnesses reported the aircraft touched down well past the center of the 5157 feet long runway at a fast rate of speed in tailwind weather conditions and the pilot was unable to stop on the remaining runway. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and impacted the airport perimeter fence.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4713D
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 72339
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Idaho Falls Av Center
- Registered owner
- Pocatello Avcenter, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1993 · 73 hours before
- Destination
- IDA
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning Field, runway 17, 5,157 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 6 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.