- Date
- February 28, 1984, 08:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fitchburg, MA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N712USCessna 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840228004759A
- Case key
- 35504
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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.
Analysis
The plt landed on a slushy rwy. He was unable to stop on the rwy and angled off the end into marshy ground. The stoppingdistance on a dry rwy was figured at 2355 ft. on a slushy rwy the stopping distance was about 4004 ft. the landing rwy was 4500 ft long. The arpt manager saw the acft during rollout and thought it seemed to be going fast without apparent deceleration being effected. The crew reported using various braking techniques with little deceleration effect. The acft reportedly touched down about 450 ft from threshold and came to rest 200 ft past the departure end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N712US
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500-044
- Airframe hours
- 4,700
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-1A, 2,200 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Associated Utility Ser.,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FIT · Fitchburg, runway 14, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,371 total · 1,605 in this make and model · 3,656 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.