Cessna 172P N52575

Summary

On 19 June 1987 at about 20:25 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N52575 was involved in an accident near Marion, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 June 1987 at 20:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Marion, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Shiflet Field (9A9)

Coordinates

35.6808, -81.9995

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N52575

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA176

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RWY END WHILE THE STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A NO-FLAP LDG. THE ACFT IMPACTED A BERM AT THE END OF THE RWY AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST IN A CREEK. THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT HAD INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT MID-FIELD ON THE TURF RWY, AND THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS ABOUT 75 KTS (NORMAL FINAL APPROACH SPEED IS 65 KTS). THE ACFT 'BALLOONED' AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE THE AIRSPEED BY LOWERING THE FLAPS 10 DEGREES. HE APPLIED FULL BRAKING AFTER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE ACFT FROM RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RWY. HE NOTED THAT THE RWY WAS 'DAMP' AT THE TIME. HE HAD MADE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL FULL-STOP LDGS ON THIS RWY SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD ABOUT 6 HOURS TOTAL SOLO TIME, ALL OF WHICH WAS ACQUIRED IN THIS MODEL ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.