- Date
- May 2, 2006, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2549YCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060502011799A
- Case key
- 63627
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing, which resulted in an runway overrun and subsequent impact with terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was conducting solo takeoffs and landings in a Cessna 172D, on a 3,496-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During his first approach to the runway, the airplane was high, and the student pilot performed a go-around. During his second approach, the airplane touched down, and the student pilot applied the brakes. However, the engine rpm increased, and the student pilot cycled the throttle in an attempt to reduce rpm. The airplane subsequently traveled off the end of the runway and impacted a field. The student pilot's flight instructor reported that after a good landing, he observed the airplane increase speed, and the tires were smoking as the airplane departed the end of the runway. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions. The wind was reported as calm at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was conducting solo takeoffs and landings in a Cessna 172D, on a 3,496-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During his first approach to the runway, the airplane was high, and the student pilot performed a go-around. During his second approach, the airplane touched down, and the student pilot applied the brakes. However, the engine rpm increased, and the student pilot cycled the throttle in an attempt to reduce rpm. The airplane subsequently traveled off the end of the runway and impacted a field. The student pilot's flight instructor reported that after a good landing, he observed the airplane increase speed, and the tires were smoking as the airplane departed the end of the runway. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions. The wind was reported as calm at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2549Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249849
- Engine
- Continental O-300, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Herlihy Helicopters Inc., doing business as Helicopter Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Herlihy Helicopters Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N14 · Lumberton, NJ
- Destination
- N14
- Airport
- N14 · Flying W. Airport, runway 1, 3,496 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 73 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- VAY, 3 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 N2549Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.