# Accident 19830403015949A: Cessna 172H, Liberty Corner, NJ, April 3, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1983, 19:20 local time
- Place: Liberty Corner, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7171° N, 74.5048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7171&lon=-74.5048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2574L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2574L-1983-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,660 total, 0 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830403015949A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR INTO AREA OF LOW CEILINGS FOG AND RAIN. STRUCK TREES ON RISING TERRAIN. ALTIMETER SET INCORRECTLY.

## 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 NYC83FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA091), Apr 4, 1983: Cessna 172H (N2574L), Liberty Corner, 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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