# NTSB NYC93LA051: Cessna 172, N54102, Andover, NJ, December 22, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 22, 1992, 14:56 local (19:56 UTC)
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Location: 41.0086° N, 74.7380° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AEROFLEX/ANDOVER (12N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0086&lon=-74.7380&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA051

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ABORT THE LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A OVERRUN OF THE RUNWAY.  CONTRIBUTING WAS THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF DISTANCE AND AN IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - water

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 03.  HE SAID, 'JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN A GUSTING TAILWIND CAUSED THE...PLANE TO FLOAT ABOVE THE...RUNWAY...I WAS ABLE TO TOUCHDOWN WITH APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE RUNWAY AVAILABLE...APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY I POWERED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND. IT WAS TOO LATE [AND] THE PLANE [STRUCK] THE WATER.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54102](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54102), registered now, S/N 17274875, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2072436
- Airframe hours: 3881
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Lincoln Park Aviation
- Registered owner: Frg III Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 6, 1992, 25 hours before
- Departed: N07, LINCOLN PARK, NJ
- Destination: 3N5, NEWTON, NJ
- Airport: 12N, Aeroflex-Andover, runway 3, 1,994 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 74 total, 22 in this make and model, 21 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Temperature: 46 °F

## 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 19921222051099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921222051099A), Dec 22, 1992: Cessna 172P, Andover, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast and hard on nose wheel. Porpoised. Tried to around at end runway. Settled into bay.

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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