19850420036319A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · Atlantic City, NJ · April 20, 1985

Date
April 20, 1985 · 20:48 local
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Airport
Atlantic City International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4972S
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC85FA110
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3C5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,925 total22 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Disappeared from ground radar scope inside of outer marker. Hit trees, then ground. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

DISAPPEARED FROM GROUND RADAR SCOPE INSIDE OF OUTER MARKER. HIT TREES, THEN GROUND. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.