# NTSB IAD05CA131: Cirrus Design SR22, N209SL, Lincoln Park, NJ, September 5, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 5, 2005, 16:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Coordinates: 40.947498, -74.314445
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9475&lon=-74.3144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Teterboro, NJ
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD05CA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62390/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA131

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing which resulted in a runway overrun.  A factor was the pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance during the approach.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

During landing on a 2,942 foot-long by 40 foot-wide runway, the pilot landed long. The airplane overran the runway, struck an embankment and was substantially damaged.  Examination of the airplane did not reveal any preimpact failures or malfunctions.

## Factual narrative

On September 5, 2005, at 1625 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus Design Corporation SR22, N209SL, was substantially damaged during a runway overrun at Lincoln Park Airport (N07), Lincoln Park, New Jersey.  The certificated private pilot was not injured, and one of the two passengers received minor injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight which departed the Rutland State Airport (RUT), Rutland, Vermont, and conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The airplane was landing on runway 01, a 2,942-foot long by 40-foot wide asphalt runway.

A pilot rated witness heard the radio transmissions from the accident airplane asking a pilot to confirm that he was clear of the runway as, "I land long."

The witness also stated that, he watched the accident airplane descend on his final approach path to the point where his view was obscured by a hangar complex. After a few moments passed, the airplane came into view, and appeared to be in the "flare" portion of the landing, with the wheels not yet on the runway. As the wheels came into contact with the pavement, there was a "large puff of smoke and tire screeching could be heard."

It next appeared to the witness, that the pilot applied "full throttle," and departed the pavement on the west side of the runway. The pilot then seemed to regain control while in the grass, then collided with an embankment, did a partial "cartwheel," and came to rest with the tail section in the air.

An examination of the accident site and airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that skid marks were present beginning 703 feet from the departure end of runway 01 and that the airplane came to rest on a public road 137 feet to the left of the runway centerline, and had incurred substantial damage.

According to an FAA inspector, during an interview conducted on September 7, 2005 the pilot stated that he "guessed he landed too far down the runway."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N209SL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209SL-2011-11-28), registration cancelled 2011-11-28, S/N 1329, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cirrus Design Corp. SR22
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1329
- Airframe hours: 232
- Engines: Teledyne Continental IO-550-N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2005, 19 hours before
- Departed: RUT, Rutland, VT
- Destination: N07, Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: N07, Lincoln Park Airport, runway 1, 2,942 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; injuries: none; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 478 total, 45 in this make and model, 297 as pilot in command, 85 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.35 inHg
- Observed at: CDW, 4 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050905024049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905024049A), Sep 5, 2005: Cirrus SR22, Lincoln Park, NJ, Destroyed. (-23) Witnesses stated pilot touched down at mid-field on runway 1 at N07, and went off the end of the runway. The pilot stated he "felt the a/c did not have…

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.

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