Cessna 172K N79210
3 September 2008 · Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 September 2008 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N79210, operated by Cherry Ridge Airport Flying Club Incorporated, was involved in an accident near Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Skyhaven Airport (76N)
- Coordinates
- 41.5292, -75.9469
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N79210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cherry Ridge Airport Flying Club Incorporated
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Honesdale → Tunkhannock
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA08CA182
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper airspeed while landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot of the Cessna 172K stated that he entered the pattern for runway 1, a 2007-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, asphalt runway. His traffic pattern altitude was 200 feet higher than the required 1,500 feet. He performed a slip to lose the excess altitude and establish an 80-mph descent on a downwind leg, with 10 degrees of flap extension. The pilot added another 10 degrees of flaps, reduced the throttle to 1,300 rpm, and turned onto a base leg. The airplane's speed remained at 80 mph, instead of decreasing to the 75 mph speed he was trying to attain. Although his speed was still higher than the speed he wanted, he turned to final and overshot the runway "numbers." He added, "the plane was traveling too fast to make the turn at the end of the runway." Consequently, he "ran off the end of the runway into an embankment." The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control anomalies prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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All 12,209 records for this type
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