# Accident 20100524005759A: Cessna 172S, East Haddam, CT, May 24, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4456° N, 72.4556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4456&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169ER-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 176 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100524005759A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS FROM THE FARMINGDALE AIRPORT (FRG) TO THE GOODSPEED AIRPORT IN CT (42B).  DEPARTURE TIME WAS 16:50 LOCAL WITH ARRIVAL TIME OF 17:29 LOCAL. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VFR CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 200/05 AND SKY CLEAR BY THE PIC.  PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS PLEASURE AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  PILOT STATES HE DID ONE PASS AROUND THE AIRPORT TO OBSERVE TRAFFIC AND DETERMINE WIND DIRECTION.  HE STATED THAT HE GOT THE MOST CURRENT WEATHER FROM THE CLOSEST AIRPORT CHESTER AIRPORT AWOS PRIOR TO LANDING.  DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HIGH AND LANDED HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. PIC STATES IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AND THE TOTAL TAKEOFF WEIGHT OF PASSENGERS AND FUEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 730 POUNDS.  LANDING WAS BEING MADE ON RUNWAY 32.  PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS ON SPEED FOR THE ENTIRE APPROACH AND FLARED THE AIRCRAFT AT 60-65 KNOTS HOWEVER THEN REALIZED HE LANDED TOO LONG AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE THEN APPLIED FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND TURNED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE SECURED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF THE MAGNETOS, FUEL AND TURNED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT TANK. HE REMOVED THE KEY AND ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDED AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT.IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM HIS WIFE, THAT WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SEAT WITH HIS TWO YEAR OLD SON, SHE STATES THEY TOUCHED DOWN IN A NOSE HIGH POSITION AND SHE COULD HEAR THE STALL WARNING HORN LONGER THAN USUAL. SHE CONTINUES THAT THE NOSE CAME UP AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE LEFT. SHE THINKS THE LEFT WINGTIP HIT THE GRASS FIRST AND THEN CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT.IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER, WHO IS ALSO A PRIVATE PILOT, HE STATES THE PILOT SAID WE ARE TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THAT WE HAVE TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND STALLED AND PITCHED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. HE ALSO STATES THAT AT NO TIME DID HE EVER TOUCH THE CONTROLS. THE RUNWAY AT THE GOODSPEED AIRPORT WAS 32-14 WITH A DISTANCE OF 2100 FEET BY 40 FEET IN WIDTH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST HEADING 222 DEGREES 140 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 14 AND APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET LEFT OF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 ERA10CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA278), May 24, 2010: Cessna 172S (N169ER), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to attempt a go-around, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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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