UNSTABILIZED APCH RESULTS IN RWY EXCURSION FOR C172 PLT.

Narrative

I WAS EAGER TO LAND AT THE SPECIFIED TIME. AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC TO LAND WHILE ON EXTENDED FINAL I ELECTED TO INCREASE PWR TO SAVE TIME. THE SUN WAS SETTING AND AFFECTED MY JUDGEMENT OF THE DISTANCE AND THE LENGTH OF THE RWY. I REALIZED MY APCH WAS FAST AS I WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND BY THE TIME I WAS OVER THE RWY I KNEW I WAS FAST. IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I WAS THINKING 'GAR' BUT I THOUGHT I HAD ENOUGH RWY LEFT. I TOUCHED DOWN BEYOND THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE RWY AND THE END WAS COMING FAST. I APPLIED FULL BRAKES AND SKIDDED OFF THE END OF THE RWY ONTO A SMALL PATCH OF GRASS NARROWLY MISSING A FENCE. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PLANE; BUT THE STRUT HIT A REIL LENS CAP WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE PLANE WAS MOVED TO PARKING WHERE IT WAS LATER INSPECTED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE. AFTER THE EVENT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. I REALIZED MY ERRORS ALMOST AS THEY OCCURRED. I SHOULD NEVER HAVE STRAYED FROM MY PROCS. 'GET-THERE-ITIS' WAS A MAJOR FACTOR FOR MY DECISION TO INCREASE SPD WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLOWING DOWN. MY FAILURE TO 'GAR' IS INEXCUSABLE ESPECIALLY WITH MY VISIBILITY BEING AFFECTED BY THE GLARE OF THE SUN; I SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY TO DO IT. I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT YOU GET THERE WHEN YOU GET THERE AND I AM THANKFUL THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED. PROCS ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND IF I HAD NOT NEGLECTED MY PROCS DURING LNDG AND IF I HAD FOLLOWED MY PROCS AND GONE AROUND THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.