# Accident 19920904035259A: Cessna STC172, Tuckahoe, NJ, September 4, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1992, 19:45 local time
- Place: Tuckahoe, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2892° N, 74.7497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuckahoe, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2892&lon=-74.7497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3847S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3847S-1998-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920904035259A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING ON SHORT FLIGHT. FOUND IN A SWAMP 2 DAYS LATER. HAD LOST CONTROL IN NEAR ZERO IMC.

## 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 BFO92LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA126), Sep 4, 1992: Cessna 172E (N3847S), Tuckahoe, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE…

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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