# Accident 20000324043679A: Cessna 172P, Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
- Airport: Allaire Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1868° N, 74.1246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1868&lon=-74.1246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52633 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 420 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324043679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE LAKEWOOD AIRPORT (N12), LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY. THE PILOT THEN FLEW TO BLM TO PICK UP A PASSENGER FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. WHILE HE WAITED FOR THE PASSENGER TO ARRIVE, THE PILOT DECIDED HE WOULD PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT CHECK AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY 14, "WITHOUT PERFORMING A RUN-UP CHECK." AFTER HE TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT SET THE TRIM WHEEL 1/2 INCH NOSE DOWN, ANNOUNCED HIS DEPARTURE, AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE "FELT NOSE-DOWN PRESSURE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL." AS THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATED, THE PILOT "WOUND OFF THE TRIM" AND AT 55 KNOTS, THE AIRPLANE ROTATED. THE PILOT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF, ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE DOVE TOWARD THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE NOSE GEAR, AND BOUNCED TO "ABOUT THE SAME ALTITUDE." THE PILOT REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE, AND APPLIED FULL BACK PRESSURE; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A SHALLOWER DIVE THAN THE FIRST TIME, AND AGAIN STRUCK THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE THEN EXPERIENCED A "SMALL BOUNCE" OFF THE RUNWAY, AND LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT RUDDER AND YOKE MOVEMENT WAS HAMPERED BY "BINDING", AS HE TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED NO FLIGHT CONTROL DIFFICULTIES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY MANY POSSIBILITIES, INCLUDING,"...A STALL, EXCESSIVE NOSE-DOWN TRIM, OR A RELAXED YOKE."

## 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 NYC00LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA102), Mar 24, 2000: Cessna 172 (N52633), Farmingdale, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the pilot's use of excessive nose-down elevator trim.

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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