- Date
- April 27, 1990, 21:45 local (Apr 28, 1990, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Matawan, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3242LCessna C-172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900427012959A
- Case key
- 36634
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that the pilot landed long and was unable to stop the a/c on the remaining r/w.
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 flight departed bedford, Massachusetts on an IFR flight plan to marlboro airport. After identifying the airport, the IFR flight plan was cancelled. The aircraft touched down about 1100 feet down the r/w. at this time the pilot saw red lights and realized that he would not be able to stop the aircraft and it ran off the end, down a short embankment and into a soft field where the nose wheel dug in and broke off and the aircraft flipped onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3242L
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256142
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas E. Morris
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Destination
- 2N8 · Matawa, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2N8 · 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 81 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.