# NTSB NYC05CA143: Cessna 172P, N64763, Caldwell, NJ, September 19, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 19, 2005, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Coordinates: 40.875, -74.281112
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8750&lon=-74.2811&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Teterboro
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62491
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62491/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA143

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.  A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport sign/marker

## Analysis

The student pilot was conducting her first solo flight, and had completed two landings to runway 27, a 3,721-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  During her third landing attempt, a wind gust caused the airplane to balloon, and the airplane touched down angled to the left.  The airplane rolled off the left side of the runway, and struck a runway and taxiway sign.  The student pilot reported 45 hours of total flight experience, which included 20 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were variable from 300 to 10 degrees, with the predominate wind from 340 degrees at 7 knots.

## Factual narrative

On September 19, 2005, about 1305 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N64763, was substantially damaged while landing at the Essex County Airport (CDW), Caldwell, New Jersey.  The certificated student pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan and had been filed for the local instructional flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The student pilot was conducting her first solo flight, and had completed two landings to runway 27, a 3,721-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  During her third landing attempt, a wind gust caused the airplane to balloon, and the airplane touched down angled to the left.  The airplane rolled off the left side of the runway, and struck a runway and taxiway sign.

The student pilot reported 45 hours of total flight experience, which included 20 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.

Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were variable from 300 to 10 degrees, with the predominate wind from 340 degrees at 7 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64763](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64763-2015-02-12), registration cancelled 2015-02-12, S/N 17275620, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275620
- Airframe hours: 7886
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Air Fleet
- Registered owner: Genesus One Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2005
- Departed: CDW, Caldwell, NJ
- Destination: CDW, Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: CDW, Essex County, runway 27, 3,721 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 30; injuries: none; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 20 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: CDW

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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