ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285621
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 September 2008 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K |
| Owner/operator: | Cherry Ridge Airport Flying Club Incorporated |
| Registration: | N79210 |
| MSN: | 17257964 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2623 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Honesdale, PA (N30) |
| Tunkhannock, PA (76N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper airspeed while landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA08CA182
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 April 2001 | N79210 | 0 | Honesdale, PA | |
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| 02-Oct-2022 12:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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