# NTSB NYC84LA051: Cessna C172N, N104CT, Meriden, CT, December 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1983, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Location: 41.5087° N, 72.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5087&lon=-72.8295&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): 35481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35481/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA051

## 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)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT PILE AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE LANDED TOO FAR DOWN THE RWY, ATTEMPTING AN ABORT AND THE ACFT FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N104CT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-67671
- Airframe hours: 844
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cap
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 18, 1983
- Departed: HARTFORD, CT
- Destination: MMK, MERIDEN, CT
- Airport: MMK, Meriden, runway 36, 2,100 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °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 19831210060409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831210060409A), Dec 10, 1983: Cessna 172N, Meriden, CT, Substantial damage. During touch and go landing pilot waited too long to abort takeoff. Aircraft flipped over in attempt to stop.

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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