- Date
- February 6, 1985, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N296CACASA SAC-212-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35625
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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
A construcciones sac 212-200 N296CA lost control during landing flare and landed hard on the grass along side runway 11 at bader field, new jersey, after all of the landing checks were completed the copilot pushed full forward the speed levers and called out reft 10 on speed. The aircraft began to descend rapidly and the captain applied power to offset the sink rate. The aircraft banked left, and the left gear contacted the runway, the banked right. The pilot and copilot both feelt the stickhaker activate just prior to the aircraft landing with the wings level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N296CA
- Reported as
- CASA SAC-212-200 (SAC-212-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 296
- Airframe hours
- 162
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-11, 605 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Jet Express, Inc.
- Registered owner
- General Electric Credit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport
- AIY · Bader Field, runway 11, 2,950 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,520 total · 72 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg