# Accident 20100620035829A: Cessna 172N, West Milford, NJ, June 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2010, 16:03 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NUCS
- Location: 41.1214° N, 74.3650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1214&lon=-74.3650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738QZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738QZ-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320-H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100620035829A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/20/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 1603 LOCAL TIME, N738QZ OVER SHOT RUNWAY 24 DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT, WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND DOWN A 30FT ROCK ENBANKMENT. 604FT OF SKID MARKS WERE RECORDED AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO FUEL IN EITHER TANK AND NO INDICATIONS OF POWER VIA THE PROPELLER. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. PILOT REFUSED TO GIVE IFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT TO INSPECTORS AND PASSENGER HAS NOT RETURNED PHONE CALLS.

## 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 ERA10LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA322), Jun 20, 2010: Cessna 172N (N738QZ), West Milford, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s control interference which resulted in a landing with a higher than normal airspeed, and the commercial pilot’s failure to initiate a go-around to avoid the runway overrun.

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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