- Date
- July 10, 1971
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8243BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162570
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2405 71/7/10 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 340 TIME - 0635 N8243B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,MASS ORLANDO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LNDD LONG ATMTD TURN,SKIDDED SIDEWAYS OVR 15FT GRASS OVRRUN DWN 5FT EMBANKMENT INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8243B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bader Field
N8243BRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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