Cessna 172M N5440H

Summary

On 29 May 2004 at about 17:05 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N5440H was involved in an accident near Vernonia, Oregon, 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

29 May 2004 at 17:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Vernonia, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Vernonia Municipal (05S)

Coordinates

45.8525, -123.2389

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N5440H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Twin Oaks A/P → Vernonia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA04LA096

Nobody was injured.

The instructor pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance and his failure to execute a go-around resulting in an overrun of the runway.

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

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The instructor pilot, who was performing a simulated engine out forced landing as a demonstration for his student, allowed the aircraft's airspeed to remain too fast while on final approach to the 2,940 foot grass strip. Because the airspeed was faster than he desired, during the flare, the aircraft began to float further down the runway than where he had planned to touch down. The instructor pilot was unable to get the aircraft to touch down until approximately 1,000 feet down the runway. After touchdown on the wet grass, he attempted to stop the aircraft before it reached the end of the runway, but he was unable to do so before the aircraft went off the far end. After departing the runway, the aircraft collided with a nearby fence post.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.