- Date
- May 16, 2008, 21:50 local (May 17, 2008, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777FFCessna 421
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20080516850199A
- Case key
- 68055
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Factors in the accident were a hydroplaning condition, and a wet runway.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of a twin-engine airplane related that after landing on a wet paved runway, the airplane veered to the right. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and struck a sign, sustaining structural damage to the right wing. The pilot reported in his written statement to the NTSB that there was standing water on the runway, and he believes that the airplane hydroplaned after landing. He noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a twin-engine airplane related that after landing on a wet paved runway, the airplane veered to the right. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and struck a sign, sustaining structural damage to the right wing. The pilot reported in his written statement to the NTSB that there was standing water on the runway, and he believes that the airplane hydroplaned after landing. He noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777FF
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0016
- Airframe hours
- 4,222.3
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Antranig Aslanian, Jr.
- Registered owner
- ANI Holding and Equipment Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MSV · Monticello, NJ
- Destination
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CDW · Essex County Airport, runway 04, 4,553 × 80 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,827 total · 1,353 in this make and model · 6,440 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.