- Date
- May 23, 1984, 01:55 local (05:55 UTC)
- Place
- Matawan, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1404LBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840523018409A
- Case key
- 35662
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Landing long at night to avoid unseen obstructions, the pilot misjudged his touchdown point and ran off the end of the rwy, colliding with brushy vegitation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1404L
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-793
- Airframe hours
- 1,570
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F. W. Cerra
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Sullivan Co., NY
- Destination
- Marlboro, NJ
- Airport
- Marlboro, runway 27, 2,170 × 40 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
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 29 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N1404L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.