Aviation Accident Summary NYC90LA185

MIDDLESEX, NY, USA

Aircraft #1

N76850

CESSNA 140

Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT THE '... AIRPLANE APPROACHED HIGH, HOT, AND LANDED LONG.' IT THEN RAN OFF THE END ONTO HIGH GRASS AND NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause and Findings

THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF SPEED AND DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN OVERSHOOTING THE LANDING.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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