# Accident 19790115005672A: Cessna 182, Fairfield, NJ, January 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1979, 16:10 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9035X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9035X-1981-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,294 total, 622 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790115005672A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING OUT FROM TOWER CONTROLLED AIRPORT WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH OTHER ACFT. NOT ADVISED OF TRAFFIC.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N732RW, Cessna T210/: [Accident 19790115005671A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790115005671A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA018), Jan 15, 1979: Cessna 182D (N9035X), Fairfied, NJ, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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