# Accident 19930815029302A: Cessna 172P, Lincoln Park, NJ, August 15, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1993, 14:40 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9332° N, 74.3135° 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=40.9332&lon=-74.3135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96135, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96135-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930815029302A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL WAS STRUCK BY AIRCRAFT THAT WAS TURNING FINAL. CRASHED INTO TREES. OTHER AIRCRAFT FELL TO GROUND. NOT SEEN

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5226E, Cessna 172N: [Accident 19930815029301A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930815029301A)

## 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 NYC93FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA158), Aug 15, 1993: Cessna 172P (N96135), Lincoln Park, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT WHILE IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION.

## Other reports on N96135 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900308029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900308029859I), Mar 8, 1990: Cessna 172P (N96135), Morristown, NJ. Aircraft buzzing 100 to 200 ft above congested area. Reported by police.

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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