NYC83LA205

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Atlantic City, NJ · August 8, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
August 8, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N66098Cessna 172
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830808042349A
Case key
35248

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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.

OverrunLanding - roll
Distance - misjudgedPilot in commandCause
Altitude - misjudgedPilot in commandCause
Aborted landing - not selectedPilot in commandCause
Go-around - not performedPilot in commandCause
On ground/water collision with objectLanding - roll
Object - fenceFactor

Analysis

The acft landed long and fast, ran off the end of the rwy & collided with a fence.

Aircraft

Registration
N66098
Reported as
Cessna 172
Category
Airplane
Engine
Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Cherokee Aero Club
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
N87 · Trenton, NJ
Airport
AIY · Bader Field, runway 29, 2,950 × 100 ft, asphalt

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
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Unknown, Unknown
Flight hours
135 total · 42 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
210° at 10 knots
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
81 °F

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 N66098 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.