# Accident 19860220004779A: Cessna 172N, Andover, NJ, February 20, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1986, 16:47 local time
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Airport: Aeroflex-Andover Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0215° N, 74.7293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0215&lon=-74.7293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 14 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860220004779A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON LANDING,BEGAN NOSE HIGH,FULL FLAP GO AROUND,DUMPED FLAPS, STALLED AND CRASHED. HAD BEEN USING COCAINE.

## 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 NYC86FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA077), Feb 20, 1986: Cessna 172N (N739SP), Andover, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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