Accident Summary
On April 18, 2008, at 1520 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, registration N162HD, experienced a nose gear strut collapse after overrunning runway 27 at Kelley's Island Municipal Airport (89D), Kelley's Island, Ohio. The pilot and passenger were not injured, and the airplane sustained minor damage. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. It originated from Griffing-Sandusky Airport (SKY), Sandusky, Ohio, at 1900.
Pilot Report
The pilot reported that the Automated Weather Observing System at Keller Airport (PCW), Port Clinton, Ohio, approximately 10 miles southwest of 89D, indicated winds from 210 degrees at 7 knots. He noted that runway 27 was in use at both SKY and PCW. After flying over 89D and checking the windsock, which showed winds from 200 degrees at about 7 knots, he entered the traffic pattern for runway 27. He was too high and fast on final approach, so he performed a go-around. On his second approach, he used a lower altitude and slower airspeed, employed full flaps, and touched down approximately 500 feet down the runway at 60 to 65 knots. Upon touchdown, he applied the brakes, causing the airplane to skid. He released and reapplied the brakes, but the skid continued. The airplane slowed slightly but went off the end of the runway into the grass. The nose gear contacted the edge of a roadway, causing the nose gear strut to collapse vertically and damaging the firewall reinforcement panel.
Wreckage and Impact
An Ohio State Highway Patrol sergeant who responded to the accident observed the first visible skid marks on the runway approximately 656 feet from the departure end. These skid marks were roughly 30 feet long, followed by a break of about 30 feet before additional intermittent marks appeared. The airplane came to rest 284 feet from the departure end of the runway.
Weather Information
Winds reported at Toledo Metcalf Airport, 35 miles west of 89D, at 1453 were from 160 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 16 knots. At Toledo Express Airport, 50 miles west of 89D, winds at 1452 were from 210 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 18 knots. The responding sergeant reported that the winds at the accident site were out of the southeast at 10 knots. Photographs taken by the sergeant show the windsock indicating a wind out of the east.