- Date
- March 6, 2006, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N680SPCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060306012079A
- Case key
- 63328
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
As the pilot approached the runway, the visual approach slope indicator showed that the airplane was on a proper glidepath. During the landing, the airplane encountered ground effect and floated down the runway. The pilot contemplated aborting the landing, but subsequently elected to continue. After touchdown he applied "full brakes," but the airplane overran the end of the runway, and was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions associated with the airplane.
Factual narrative
As the pilot approached the runway, the visual approach slope indicator showed that the airplane was on a proper glidepath. During the landing, the airplane encountered ground effect and floated down the runway. The pilot contemplated aborting the landing, but subsequently elected to continue. After touchdown he applied "full brakes," but the airplane overran the end of the runway, and was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions associated with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N680SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8091
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ken Nierenberg, doing business as Flight School
- Registered owner
- Venture Flight Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 39N · Princeton, NJ
- Destination
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KAIY · Atlantic City/Bader Field, runway 11
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
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 92 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KACY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.