# NTSB NYC83LA205: Cessna 172, N66098, Atlantic City, NJ, August 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED LONG AND FAST, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66098](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66098-2018-01-25), registration cancelled 2018-01-25, S/N 17275966, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- 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
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830808042349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830808042349A), Aug 8, 1983: Cessna 172P, Atlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot made landing long and fast and aircraft overshot end of runway.

## Other investigations on N66098 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL97LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA117), Aug 8, 1997: Cessna 172P (N66098), Rockhill, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to plan and have adequate fuel for the flight.

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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