Rockwell 112B N1409J

Summary

On 17 May 1995 at about 22:15 local time, a Rockwell 112B registered N1409J was involved in an accident near Edgewater, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 1995 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Edgewater, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Lee (ANP)

Coordinates

38.8992, -76.5405

Aircraft

Rockwell 112B

Registration

N1409J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesapeake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC95LA111

Nobody was injured.

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER DECISION TO CONTINUE HIS FLIGHT INTO THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE WEATHER CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON A WET, NARROW 2500-FT RUNWAY. WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A FENCE AND POLE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED 'FULL BRAKES...BUT THERE WAS NIL SENSATION OF BRAKING EFFECT.' WITNESSES SAID IT WAS RAINING HEAVY, AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTING AND CHANGING DIRECTION. A WITNESS SAID THERE WERE 'STRONG GUSTING WINDS THAT WOULD BE A TAILWIND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 12.' ANOTHER WITNESS SAW THE AIRPLANE ON FINAL, AND '...IT WAS LINED UP FOR RUNWAY 12, APPEARED TO BE HIGH ON THE APPROACH AND FAST...[AND] APPEARED TO BE IN A CRAB....' THE NEAREST REPORTED WEATHER WAS AT BALTIMORE, ABOUT 14 NM NORTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE 1805 OBSERVATION WAS 1,700 BROKEN, 12,000 OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 7 MILES, THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN, WIND 260 DEG AT 9 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 21.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.