# Accident 20021007025979A: Cessna 525A, Dexter, ME, October 7, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Dexter, ME
- Airport: Dexter Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0083° N, 69.2408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0083&lon=-69.2408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57EJ-2005-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525A (registry code 2076615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021007025979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-07-02, A CESSNA CITATION, MODEL 525A, REGISTRATION N57EJ, MADE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL LANDING ON RWY 35 AT DEXTER, MAINE. RUNWAY 35 IS A 3000FT. RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THE RWY. CONDITION WAS DRY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 642 FT. FROM THE THRESHOLD AND CONTINUED ROLLING 2450 FEET TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED AN ADDITIONAL 179 FT ON THE GRASS OVERRUN, PLUNGED OVER A 10 FT. EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST 120 FT. BEYOND THE OVERRUN. THERE WERE FOUR SOB'S, TWO WERE SERIOUS AND TWO WERE MINOR. A PET DOG WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC03FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA002), Oct 7, 2002: Cessna 525A (N57EJ), Dexter, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: was the pilot's improper decision to land with excessive speed, and his delayed decision to perform an aborted landing, both of which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor was the tail wind.

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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