- Date
- May 6, 1994, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9534ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940506010409A
- Case key
- 37541
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a second touch-and-go landing with the wind from 20 degrees to the right of the nose at 14 knots, the airplane yawed to the right off the runway into a water retention area and nosed over. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented by executing an immediate go-around.
Factual narrative
On May 6, 1994, about 1610 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 170A, N9534A, registered to James H. Layman Jr., collided with terrain while landing at the Boca Raton Airport, Boca Raton, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and pilot-rated passenger were not injured. The flight originated from the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 20 minutes earlier.
The pilot stated that the flight departed the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and flew to the Boca Raton Airport where he performed one touch-and-go landing. The flight remained in the traffic pattern for another touch-and-go landing. After touchdown on the 150-foot wide runway the airplane yawed to the right, veered off the runway into a water retention area, and nosed over. When asked how could this accident have been prevented the pilot stated "execute an immediate go-around." The measurement from the centerline of the runway to the edge of the water retention area is 200 feet.
According to a Florida DOT public transportation specialist one (PTS1), the water retention area is outside the clear safety zone of the runway.
A weather observation taken at 1547 at the Pompano Beach Airpark indicated that the wind was from 070 degrees at 14 knots. The Pompano Beach Airpark is located about 184 degrees magnetic and 8 nautical miles south of the accident airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9534A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19095
- Airframe hours
- 3,804
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Layman, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1994 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- BCT · Boca Raton, runway 5, 5,197 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 463 total · 162 in this make and model · 463 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP, 8 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.
Other investigations on N9534A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.