Greenwood Lake Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

West Milford, New Jersey 07480
Sunday, August 11, 2002 19:30 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

After performing slow flight and stall maneuvers, the flight instructor and the private pilot continued to the airport to practice takeoffs and landings. The accident occurred while attempting a soft-field takeoff. The private pilot applied full power, pulled the nose of the airplane up "really high", and the tail of the airplane struck the ground. The airplane drifted to the right side of the runway. The instructor took the flight controls and attempted to recover it. He tried to abort, and reduced the power, but the airplane continued to the left, struck a berm, nosed over, and came to rest inverted.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The private pilot's excessive rotation and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/11/2002
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1930
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City West Milford
Event State NEW JERSEY
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 07480
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 410741N
Event Location Longitude 0742048W
Event Location Airport Greenwood Lake Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 4N1
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 791
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1853 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID CDW
Elevation of weather observation facility 791
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 33
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report KCDW 112253 10 1017.1 30.02 86 72 62 160 9
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 2
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 13823
NTSB Notification Source FAA Eastern Region Comm Center
NTSB Notification Date Aug 11 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2111
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Aug 26 2003 8:17AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Teterboro, New Jersey

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6257R
NTSB Number IAD02LA084
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 172RG
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 172RG0126
Certified Max Gross Weight 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 5 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 58.3
Airframe Hours 4035.8
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Genesus One, Inc
Aircraft Owner Street Address 150 Fred Wehren Drive
Aircraft Owner City Teterboro
Aircraft Owner State NJ
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 07652
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Air Fleet Training Systems
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Paramus
Operator State NJ
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 02652
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code TEB
Departure City Teterboro
Departure State NJ
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1900
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 4N1
Destination City West Milford
Destination State NJ
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff - initial climb
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 27 2003 8:58PM
User who most recently changed record COXP
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 24
Runway Length 4000
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --