- Date
- June 5, 1993, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Linden, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41572Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930605017709A
- Case key
- 37329
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of speed and distance which resulted in an overrun of the runway. A wet runway is a contributing factor.
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 had completed a vor/dme approach and had sighted the airport at circling minimums (620 feet). He continued the descent and touched halfway down the 2494 feet runway. The runway was wet, the pilot could not stop the airplane on the runway pavement, and overran the runway into high vegetation and woods.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41572
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7440099
- Airframe hours
- 2,996
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIAS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Kelen
- Registered owner
- George Kelen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1993 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LDJ · Linden, runway 14, 2,494 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 637 total · 150 in this make and model · 447 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWR, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.