DENTON, NC, USA
N5096K
CESSNA 172N
THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING ARRIVAL, SHE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE SLOPING RWY, DOWNHILL, SINCE THERE WERE LOWER APCH OBSTACLES FROM THAT DIRECTION. SHE REPORTED THAT THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SOMEWHAT TOO FAR DOWN THE RWY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THEY WERE NOT AS EFFECTIVE ON THE GRASS AS SHE HAD ANTICIPATED. THE ACFT CONTINUED SLOWLY OFF THE RWY, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT & ONTO A RAILROAD TRACK & NOSED OVER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS LIGHT & VARIABLE. APRX 30 MI NORTH NORTHWEST AT WINDSTONSALEM, NC, THE 1950 EDT WIND WAS FROM 130 DEG AT 12 KTS. THE PLT NOTED THAT THE ACCIDENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY 1ANDING AT THE THRESHOLD, APPLYING BRAKES IMMEDIATELY & BY HOLDING BACK ON THE YOKE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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