# Accident 19961107034899A: Cessna 340A, Pawtucket, RI, November 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1996, 08:45 local time
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9207° N, 71.4914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL STATE (SFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9207&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36JM-2005-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961107034899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT AT 0826 (EST) ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF PAWTUCKET, R.I. (SFZ).  THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE NTSB THAT HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON LOCALIZER RUNWAY 05 APPROACH AT SFZ.  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS AT 820 FEET (MSL) 1.9 DME FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR THE MISSED APPROACH. THE PILOT STATE THAT HE KNEW HE "WASN'T GOING TO GET IN BECAUSE THE CLOUD COVER WAS TOO THICK."  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE PUSHED THE MIXTURE, PROPELLER, AND POWERLEVERS FORWARD HE FELT NO "SURGE" NO CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN PROPELLER OR ENGINE RPM.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS, AND AIRSPEED DEGENERATION. THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRSPEED DECAYED FROM 105 TO 80 KNOTS.  HE SAID, I PUSHED THE NOSE OVER TO AVOID A STALL "AND SUBSEQUENTLY" SPOTTED THE RUNWAY, I KNEW WE WERE TOO FAR DOWN.  I DECIDED I WOULD RATHER LAND LONG "THAN CONTINUE AND CHANCE UNCERTAIN TERRAIN BEYOND THE AIRPORT.  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS HYDROPLANING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED OF THE END IMPACTING THE LOCALIZER SUPPORT SYSTEM. THE PILOT                            JOHN MANERA AND WIFE JONI MANERA HAD SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE ADMITTED TO RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL. THE 5 MONTH OLD INFANT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON 11/12/96.  JOHN AND JONI MANERA HAVE NOT CONTACTED THIS OFFICE TO BE INTERVIEWED OR SUPPLIED THEIR STATEMENTS TO THIS OFFICE.  ON 11/13/96 INVESTIGATORS FROM CESSNA AND CONTINENTAL JOINED US AT (SFZ) TO PERFORM GROUND RUNS OF THE ENGINES ON N36JM.  BOTH ENGINES WERE SUCCESSFULLY STARTED AND RAN.  A FULL PERFORMANCE RUN WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A FORMAL ATC PACKAGE HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO NTSB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC97LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA014), Nov 7, 1996: Cessna 340A (N36JM), Pawtucket, RI, destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to comply with the published instrument approach procedure, by continuing the ILS approach below the decision height, rather than performing a missed approach; and his failure to…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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