# NTSB NYC84LA183: Beech A23, N1404L, Matawan, NJ, May 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1984, 01:55 local (05:55 UTC)
- Place: Matawan, NJ
- Location: 40.4110° N, 74.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Matawan, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4110&lon=-74.2365&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1404L-2012-06-27), registration cancelled 2012-06-27, S/N M-793, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-346 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (registry code 17033, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-793
- Airframe hours: 1570
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840523018409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840523018409A), May 23, 1984: Beech A23, Matawan, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long on a night landing. Unable to stop. Ran off the runway into bushes.

## Other investigations on N1404L (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 NYC67D0106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67D0106), Jul 15, 1966: Beech 23 (N1404L), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage

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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