NTSB Identification: NYC85LA247.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 29199.
Accident occurred Monday, September 23, 1985 in MARLBORO, NJ
Aircraft: CESSNA P210N, registration: N210AG
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT MADE A VOR APCH TO THE ARPT AND CIRCLED TO LAND WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DETERMINING WIND CONDITION. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RWY 27. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE PLT STATED, HIS BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE. HE DESCRIBED THE RWY AS WET. SINCE IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO A GO AROUND HE DECIDED TO STAY ON THE GROUND. THE ACFT THEN CONTACTED TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE RWY IS 2170 FT LONG WITH A USEABLE LENGTH OF 1730 FT.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION..POOR..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..RAIN
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..HIGH VEGETATION
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..DOWNHILL
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..WET
Contributing Factors
GO-AROUND..NOT PERFORMED..PILOT IN COMMAND
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