# Accident 19980601011579A: Cessna 140, Madison, CT, June 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1998, 14:15 local time
- Place: Madison, CT
- Airport: Griswold Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2712° N, 72.5497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Griswold Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2712&lon=-72.5497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72657, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72657) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,185 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980601011579A

## Narrative

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

WASP IN COCKPIT ON FINAL. DISTRACTIED LANDED LONG ON SHORT STRIP. OVERRAN RUNWAY INTO SWAMPT. (.4)THE AIRPLANE WAS ON APPROACH TO THE 1,863 FOOT LONG, ASPHALT RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED, 'JUST BEFORE THE FINAL FLARE A HORNET DISTRACTED ME TO THE EXTENT I LOST CONCENTRATION TO THE TASK OF LANDING.  I TOUCHED DOWN 'LONG.'  SEEING ONLY A SHORT AREA IN WHICH TO STOP, I APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND, BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM BEFORE THE REEDS IN THE SWAMPY AREA.'  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE REEDS AND NOSED OVER.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE.  WIND REPORTED AT AIRPORTS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST, AND 23 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AT 1345, WERE FROM 330 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, WITH 20 KNOT GUSTS, AND FROM 350 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, RESPECTIVELY.                                (-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ROBERT E. MARTIN, 2 HORNETS APPEARED IN THE COCKPIT ON FINAL DIVERTING HIS ATTENTION.  THIS OCCURRED ON JUNE 1, 1998, AT 1327 EST WHILE LANDING A CESSNA CE-140-140, ON RUNWAY 6 AT GRISWOLD AIRPORT (N04) IN MADISON, CONNECTICUT.  BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD STATED THAT THEY MA                                                        NAGED TO KILL ONE HORNET BUT THAT THE OTHER ONE LANDED ON THE BACK OF THE PILOT'S NECK. EARLIER, TO COMPENSATE FOR A 9-12 KNOT, 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT INCREASED AIRSPEED.  UPON TOUCHING DOWN HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LANDED LONG BECAUSE OF THE DISTRACTION AND FEAR OF BEING STUNG.  HE ELECTED TO APPLY POWER AND GO AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TEN FOOT REEDS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE REEDS/MARSH APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY; NOSING OVER ON IMPACT.

## 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 NYC98LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA120), Jun 1, 1998: Cessna 140 (N72657), Madison, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue the landing and his delayed go-around attempt. A factor in this accident was the pilot's diverted attention.

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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