| Crash location | 40.941944°N, 74.308611°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Lincoln Park, NJ
40.520105°N, 74.385428°W 29.4 miles away |
| Tail number | N107MA |
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| Accident date | 02 Mar 2008 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172SP |
| Additional details: | None |
According to the certificated flight instructor (CFI), of the Cessna 172SP, the purpose of the dual flight was local air work practice, followed by takeoff and landing practice. After one high approach that terminated in a go-around, then a successful landing, the student pilot departed and positioned the airplane at a higher altitude than normal on the final approach. The CFI took the controls and demonstrated a sideslip maneuver to the student. Once the airplane lost some altitude, the CFI "…turned over the controls to the student and asked him to land the airplane." The touchdown speed was higher than normal, so the CFI queried the student whether the power was reduced, then instructed him to apply aerodynamic braking. The airplane did not appear to be slowing, so the CFI attempted to go around. He applied power and pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to take off, then saw the airport perimeter fence approaching, and felt a "jolt". The left main landing gear impacted the airport perimeter fence off the departure end of runway 1, then the airplane impacted a guardrail, and came to rest inverted on an adjacent road. The tailcone separated from the fuselage just aft of the cargo compartment. Neither pilot was injured and the CFI reported they had no mechanical difficulties with the airplane prior to the accident.
The certificated flight instructor's delayed decision to go-around.