# Accident 20031004030619A: Cessna 172P, Sussex, NJ, October 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2000° N, 74.6228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2000&lon=-74.6228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98145 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 600 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004030619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, MR. ERIC SANDERSON STATED HE AND HIS STUDENT DEPARTED ESSEX COUNTY AIRPORT (CDW) CALDWELL, NJ FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TO SUSSEX, NJ (FWN). HE STATED THERE HAD BEEN HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THAT DAY BUT ONLY LIGHT RAIN AND VMC CONDITIONS DURING THE FLIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03 AT FWN, MR. SANDERSON STATED THEIR AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65 KNOTS INDICATED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THEY TOUCHED DOWN MIDFIELD ON THE 3,500 FOOT RUNWAY WITH A 1,100 FOOT THRESHOLD. THE PILOT STATED THEY HYDROPLANED NEARLY TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE END, AND RAN INTO GRASS AND MUD. THE PILOT STATED THE STUDENT HIT THE BRAKES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN HARDER RIGHT, WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE GROUND. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER WHICH SHOWED VERY LITTLE ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. THE LEFT WING SPAR WAS BROKEN WITH WRINKLING OF THE SKIN ON THE FUSELAGE ON TOP AND REAR OF THE CABIN. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT REARWARDS AND THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW HAD BEEN BROKEN BY THE EXTENDED LEFT FLAP. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 IAD04CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA001), Oct 4, 2003: Cessna 172P (N98145), Sussex, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to initiate a go-around. A factor was the wet runway conditions.

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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