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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Matawan, NY · August 26, 2001

Date
August 26, 2001 · 20:30 local
Place
Matawan, NY
Airport
Marlboro Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N629PD
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC01FA217
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft landed on runway 9 at 2N8, with a tail wind, landed long executed a touch and go, during the climb turned left, aircraft hit fiberoptic cable on high tension tower, left main gear contacted and attached to cable stretching the cable which caused the aircraft to a nose down attitude. Aircraft came to rest inverted. The pilot and passenger received extensive head injuries, that caused the pilot to expire. The passenger on board the aircraft died from injuries on 08/27/01.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 9 AT 2N8, WITH A TAIL WIND, LANDED LONG EXECUTED A TOUCH AND GO, DURING THE CLIMB TURNED LEFT, AIRCRAFT HIT FIBEROPTIC CABLE ON HIGH TENSION TOWER, LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED AND ATTACHED TO CABLE STRETCHING THE CABLE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED EXTENSIVE HEAD INJURIES, THAT CAUSED THE PILOT TO EXPIRE. THE PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT DIED FROM INJURIES ON 08/27/01.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.