Cessna 172 N5645T

Summary

On 22 April 2024 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5645T was involved in an accident near Ridgeway, Virginia, 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.

Date

22 April 2024 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ridgeway, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Pace Airport (VA02)

Coordinates

36.5854, -79.8939

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5645T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA189

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point while landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was flying in the airport traffic pattern and was landing on a 3,000-ft-long turf runway. The pilot stated that he “landed long” and that the airplane subsequently overran the departure end of the runway. The airplane’s wings, fuselage, and empennage were substantially damaged during the runway overrun. The pilot reported that there were not preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded a normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.