# Accident 20171017020089A: Cessna 172N, Old Bridge, NJ, October 17, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Old Bridge, NJ
- Airport: Old Bridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3311° N, 74.3447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3311&lon=-74.3447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6384D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6384D) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171017020089A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TO KMIV. HE STATED THE WINDS WERE REPORTED CALM ON AWOS. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 24, HE FELT ALL THREE WHEELS TOUCH DOWN, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED TO THE LEFT. A CORRECTION WAS NOT MADE IN TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE, AND SWUNG THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES, SHEARING THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE NOSE AND WING. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 GAA18CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA024), Oct 17, 2017: Cessna 172 (N6384D), Old Bridge, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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