Cessna 500 N712US

Summary

On 28 February 1984 at about 13:10 local time, a Cessna 500 registered N712US was involved in an accident near Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1984 at 13:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Fitchburg (FIT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 500

Registration

N712US

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadelphia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA094

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT LANDED ON A SLUSHY RWY. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RWY AND ANGLED OFF THE END INTO MARSHY GROUND. THE STOPPINGDISTANCE ON A DRY RWY WAS FIGURED AT 2355 FT. ON A SLUSHY RWY THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS ABOUT 4004 FT. THE LANDING RWY WAS 4500 FT LONG. THE ARPT MANAGER SAW THE ACFT DURING ROLLOUT AND THOUGHT IT SEEMED TO BE GOING FAST WITHOUT APPARENT DECELERATION BEING EFFECTED. THE CREW REPORTED USING VARIOUS BRAKING TECHNIQUES WITH LITTLE DECELERATION EFFECT. THE ACFT REPORTEDLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 450 FT FROM THRESHOLD AND CAME TO REST 200 FT PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.