# Accident 19950316004579A: Beech T34B, Lakehurst, NJ, March 16, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1995, 19:15 local time
- Place: Lakehurst, NJ
- Airport: Lakehurst Naec - Maxfield Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0695° N, 74.3157° 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=40.0695&lon=-74.3157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1440L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1440L-1995-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech T-34B (registry code 1152014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- Reported engine: CONT O4704
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,515 total, 16 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316004579A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT TAKEOFF INTO POOR VISIBILITY. STUDENT ALLOWED DESCENT INTO TREES ON DOWNWIND. CFI FAILED TO TIMELY ACT.

## 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 NYC95LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA074), Mar 17, 1995: Beech T-34B (N1440L), Jackson, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: the flight instructor's attempt to maintain visual reference with the ground, and his delayed remedial action to the dual student's actions, which resulted in an inadvertent tree strike. Factors were…

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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