NTSB NYC93LA051 — 1992-12-22 · ANDOVER, New Jersey, United States

Current FAA registration · N54102

Make / Model: CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture: 1981 · 11 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19810410
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A6DE16

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N54102 Cessna 172 None

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ABORT THE LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A OVERRUN OF THE RUNWAY. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF DISTANCE AND AN IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT.

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 03. HE SAID, 'JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN A GUSTING TAILWIND CAUSED THE...PLANE TO FLOAT ABOVE THE...RUNWAY...I WAS ABLE TO TOUCHDOWN WITH APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE RUNWAY AVAILABLE...APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY I POWERED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND. IT WAS TOO LATE [AND] THE PLANE [STRUCK] THE WATER.' Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_NYC93LA051.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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