Cessna 172P N98145

Summary

On 4 October 2003 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N98145, operated by Century Air, INC., was involved in an accident near Sussex, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 October 2003 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sussex, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

41.2000, -74.6228

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N98145

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Century Air, INC.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairfield → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD04CA001

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to initiate a go-around. A factor was the wet runway conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the approach and landing, the flight instructor was at the controls with the student pilot, and was also talking him through the maneuvers. The airplane touched down about "midfield" on a wet runway. It subsequently hydroplaned, and overran the runway's departure end. The nose landing gear then encountered mud, and the left wing tip and the propeller struck the ground. Before and after the accident, the brakes operated normally. The runway was 3,499 feet long, and had a displaced threshold of 1,100 feet. The flight instructor stated that the winds were calm at the time of the accident; however, winds reported at the airport shortly beforehand indicated a 4-knot tailwind for the runway utilized. The flight instructor also stated that the approach and landing speeds may have been higher than normal.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.