ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285384
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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 2008 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172R |
| Owner/operator: | American Flyers |
| Registration: | N178AF |
| MSN: | 17281177 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morristown, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Newburgh-Stewart Airport, NY (SWF/KSWF) |
| Morristown Municipal Airport, NJ (MMU/KMMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and his pilot-rated student were conducting instrument work; reported weather included a vertical visibility of 200 feet and 1/4 mile visibility in fog. After the first instrument landing system approach with the student at the controls, the runway was not visually acquired at the decision height and a missed approach was performed. The instructor took the controls for the second approach and asked the student to monitor the radios and look for the runway environment. At 400 feet above ground level, the instructor saw the runway below him, but the airplane was "slightly high on the glideslope and a little fast..." He elected to attempt a landing, reducing the throttle to idle and adding full flaps. The airplane touched down long and the instructor was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane collided with a snow bank, resulting in structural damage to the fuselage.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to execute a missed approach when insufficient runway remained for landing. Contributing to the accident were the low ceiling and visibility conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA110
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 2015 | N178AF | 0 | Addison, Texas | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 09:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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