Cessna 172M N13375

Summary

On 28 May 1997 at about 21:25 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N13375, operated by Mark Arness, was involved in an accident near Perry, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 May 1997 at 21:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Perry, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Middle Georgia Airpark (68MG)

Coordinates

32.4599, -83.7298

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N13375

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mark Arness

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL97LA076

Nobody was injured.

the pilot misjudged his distance/airspeed during the approach to land, and touched down long on the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot had flown about one hour and was returning to the departure airport for a full stop landing. During the landing phase of the flight, the airplane touched down at the mid-field point of the 2600 foot long grass runway, bounced, 'floated,' and then touched down again. The pilot reported that the ground roll-out speed was fast, and he could not stop the airplane on the runway. The airplane rolled off the end of the runway, and collided with a ten by twenty foot utility building. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. According to aircraft performance data, the airplane would require approximately 520 feet ground roll for a normal landing and approximately 1250 feet of runway for a landing over a 50 foot obstacle.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.