# Accident 20111125027459A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Lincoln Park, NJ, November 25, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2011, 13:13 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9475° N, 74.3144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9475&lon=-74.3144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5216J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5216J-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111125027459A

## Narrative

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

THE SPORT PILOT WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT IN A LIGHT SPORT CESSNA-162 AIRCRAFT. VFR FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED, WITH CROSSWINDS FROM THE WEST.ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE MAKING A SLIGHTLY HIGH AND FAST APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT FLARED TO HIGH ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND STALLED ON TO THE RUNWAY SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE.IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE THE PILOT ADDED ENGINE POWER WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE A SECOND TIME ON TO THE GRASS TO LEFT OF RUNWAY 19. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH A GO AROUND. AFTER APPLYING FULL ENGINE POWER THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UPWARD INTO AN EXTREMELY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, AND CONTINUED A MOMENTARY CLIMB IN A STEEP SLIPPING TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT IN THIS CONDITION UNTIL LEVELING THE WINGS A MOMENT BEFORE IMPACTING A LINE OF TREES PARALLELING THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN RUNWAY 19.THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, DAMAGE TO THE FRONT NOSE SECTION, PROPELLER, ENGINE, NOSE GEAR, WING LEADING EDGES AND FUSELAGE.THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA12CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA083), Nov 25, 2011: Cessna 162 (N5216J), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control, a runway excursion, and collision with trees.

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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