20050717020809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 525 · Old Bridge, NJ · July 17, 2005

Date
July 17, 2005 · 17:00 local
Place
Old Bridge, NJ
Airport
Old Bridge Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N13FH
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD05LA099
Reported as
Cessna 525
Reported engine
WILINT FJ441A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total780 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot aborted a visual approach after losing visual reference to the airport due to thunderstorm over airport. He executed a missed approach and requested vectors for a GPS 24 approach. After turning on to final, the pilot reduced the airspeed to vref of 108 kst. And selected landing flaps. After touchdown, pilot applied brakes and had no braking action. After rolling more than a third down the runway with no braking action, the pilot applied max power to attempt to go airborne, by the time the engines spooled up, the aircraft had departed off the end of the runway and came to rest in an area of tall weeds and shrubs in deep mud. The nose gear was torn off the aircraft. Other damage to the aircraft included both wings and flaps, both main landing gears, the nose section, and the forward left side of the fuselage. The aircraft is considered a total loss.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ABORTED A VISUAL APPROACH AFTER LOSING VISUAL REFERENCE TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OVER AIRPORT. HE EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND REQUESTED VECTORS FOR A GPS 24 APPROACH. AFTER TURNING ON TO FINAL, THE PILOT REDUCED THE AIRSPEED TO VREF OF 108 KST. AND SELECTED LANDING FLAPS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD NO BRAKING ACTION. AFTER ROLLING MORE THAN A THIRD DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH NO BRAKING ACTION, THE PILOT APPLIED MAX POWER TO ATTEMPT TO GO AIRBORNE, BY THE TIME THE ENGINES SPOOLED UP, THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN AN AREA OF TALL WEEDS AND SHRUBS IN DEEP MUD. THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT. OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BOTH WINGS AND FLAPS, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS, THE NOSE SECTION, AND THE FORWARD LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS.

NTSB investigation

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