Pilot of a C172 lost control of aircraft during landing and ran off the end of the runway and over an embankment. No apparent damage to the aircraft or injuries.

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Attributes
ACN	372400
Time
Date	199706
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : n72
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mlu
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	372400
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying C172 jun/xa/97 approximately XA30 hours. While flying as PIC with my son as a passenger, an incident occurred when aircraft could not be stopped prior to end of runway. Aircraft departed end of runway down shallow embankment and came to rest approximately 40 ft from end of runway. Aircraft was being flown from greenwood lake, nj (4n1), to warwick airport, ny (N72). A low box approach was flown to look at windsock negative response on unicom. Windsock indicated direct crosswind approximately 12-15 KTS. VFR pattern was flown to runway 3. Landing required little wind correction on final. Upon landing right crosswind in effect. Corrected to center of runway. Approximately 1/2 way down runway begins downslope, strong tailwind experienced. Applied maximum continuous braking. Aircraft slowed but not sufficient to stop in remaining runway. Factors of majority of time in large jets was to apply continuous brake pressure and not reconfigure flaps during landing roll.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A C172 LOST CTL OF ACFT DURING LNDG AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT OR INJURIES.

Narrative: FLYING C172 JUN/XA/97 APPROX XA30 HRS. WHILE FLYING AS PIC WITH MY SON AS A PAX, AN INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN ACFT COULD NOT BE STOPPED PRIOR TO END OF RWY. ACFT DEPARTED END OF RWY DOWN SHALLOW EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST APPROX 40 FT FROM END OF RWY. ACFT WAS BEING FLOWN FROM GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ (4N1), TO WARWICK ARPT, NY (N72). A LOW BOX APCH WAS FLOWN TO LOOK AT WINDSOCK NEGATIVE RESPONSE ON UNICOM. WINDSOCK INDICATED DIRECT XWIND APPROX 12-15 KTS. VFR PATTERN WAS FLOWN TO RWY 3. LNDG REQUIRED LITTLE WIND CORRECTION ON FINAL. UPON LNDG R XWIND IN EFFECT. CORRECTED TO CTR OF RWY. APPROX 1/2 WAY DOWN RWY BEGINS DOWNSLOPE, STRONG TAILWIND EXPERIENCED. APPLIED MAX CONTINUOUS BRAKING. ACFT SLOWED BUT NOT SUFFICIENT TO STOP IN REMAINING RWY. FACTORS OF MAJORITY OF TIME IN LARGE JETS WAS TO APPLY CONTINUOUS BRAKE PRESSURE AND NOT RECONFIGURE FLAPS DURING LNDG ROLL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.