- Date
- August 5, 1990, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Bethel, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N112FFRockwell 112TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805033709A
- Case key
- 36709
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors were wet grass and poor braking action.
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 pilot was en route to easton, Pennsylvania, when he encountered rain and lowering visibilities. He decided to make a precautionary landing at gap view airport. Approach and touchdown were normal. During roll out on wet grass, braking action was poor and the pilot decided to favor the right side of the runway. Rudder control became ineffective and nose wheel steering was nil. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway, ran down an embankment and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112FF
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13005
- Engine
- Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Earl Jones
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- N43 · Easton, PA
- Airport
- NONE · Gap View, runway 29, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,228 total · 579 in this make and model · 1,117 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- 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.