# NTSB NYC93LA136: Cessna 172N, N6553E, Voluntown, CT, June 27, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 27, 1993, 17:23 local (21:23 UTC) - Place: Voluntown, CT - Location: 41.5707° N, 71.8703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Voluntown, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5707&lon=-71.8703&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 20, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38618 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA136 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38618/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA136 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point which resulted in an overrun of the runway and collision with trees. A factor is the pilot's improper compensation for the wind condition. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - tree(s) ## Analysis DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A 2520 FOOT LONG RUNWAY WITH A 625 FOOT DISPLACED THRESHOLD DUE TO TREES. THE PILOT SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED 5 TO 6 TIMES, PULLED THE FLAPS UP, AND SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE FAA SAID THE PILOT LANDED LONG, WITH A TAILWIND, AND RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. ## Factual narrative On Sunday, June 27, 1993, at 1723 eastern daylight time, a Cessna, N6553E, owned and operated by Charlie R. Jones, of Fall River, Massachusetts, overran the departure end of runway 29 while landing at Lakeside Airport, Voluntown, Connecticut. The airplane received substantial damage. The pilot received minor injuries and the passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight operating under 14 CFR 91. The pilot received a weather briefing from Altoona Flight Service Station prior to departure from Gaithersburg. The briefing included an advisory for low clouds, reduced visibility, and the admonition, "VFR flight not recommended once you get up around Long Island, New York. The instrument rated pilot acknowledged this and said he could file IFR if needed. He departed without filing a flight plan. En route he encountered the forecast weather and due to low clouds elected to make a precautionary landing at Lakeside Airport, Griswold, Connecticut. In the NTSB Accident Report, the pilot stated: ...forty miles from PVD[Providence, Rhode Island], clouds were getting low. I passed over 5B4 Lakeside 2500' Runways and came back to land. It looked like no problem. I did a full approach, down wind, Base, and final. On final wind blew against me wrong and would not allow me to touch down at threshold. Touched at 500'[feet] and bounced 5-6 times. I pulled the flaps up and skidded off the runway. FAA Inspector Vincent Stachowitz, from the Windsor Locks Flight Standards District Office stated: ...During landing at Lakeside Airport (5B4). Landed with a tail wind and landed long. Touching down at the far end of runway 29. Didn't have enough R/W[runway] left to come to a complete stop. He continued off the runway into a wooded area where the aircraft came to rest. According to the Airport/Facility Directory, runway 29 is 2520 feet long, 50 feet wide, and has an asphalt surface. There is a note for runway 29 which states, "Thld dsplcd 625'. Trees". [The landing threshold is displaced 625 feet.]. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6553E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6553E), registered now, S/N 17272037, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17273037 - Airframe hours: 2939 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Charles R. Jones - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 25, 1993, 100 hours before - Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG, MD - Destination: FLR, FALL RIVER, MA - Airport: 5B4, Lakeside Airport, runway 29, 2,520 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 500 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Temperature: 70 °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 19930627024749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930627024749A), Jun 27, 1993: Cessna 172N, Griswold, CT, Substantial damage. Encountered forecast IMC, tried to land downwind on nearby airport. Ran off end into trees. Displaced threshold. ## Other investigations on N6553E (1) 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. - [NTSB FTW82DA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA380), Sep 15, 1982: Cessna 172N (N6553E), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.