# Incident 19950411011969I: Cessna 172P, Cross Keys, NJ, April 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1995, 14:45 local time
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9594L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9594L-2009-09-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 334 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950411011969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 11, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 HOURS, A CESSNA 172P, N9594L, PILOTED BY JOSEPH B. BALDINO, A PRIVATE PILOT, EXPERIENCES SOME DIFFICULTIES WHILE LANDING WITH A GUSTY WIND ON RUNWAY 09 AT THE CROSS KEYS AIRPORT, WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ (17N). HE MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT AND DAMAGE TO THE PROP (RUNWAY STRIKES) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED HIS BASE LEG WAS TOO CLOSE IN FOR LANDING AND HE SHOULD HAVE ABORTED, HOWEVER, HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS HIGH (80-85) DUE TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND AND THE AIRPLANE WANTED TO KEEP FLYING, SO, HE FORCED IT ONTO THE RUNWAY BLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9594L (2)

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

- [Accident 20000908043859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908043859A), Sep 8, 2000: Cessna 172P (N9594L), Cross Keys, NJ, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot was practicing for his CFI. He had begun practicing maneuvers for about 1 hour and was on take-off roll on rwy 27, Cross Keys, NJ when his seat…
- [Incident 19940509024809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940509024809I), May 9, 1994: Cessna 172P (N9594L), Cross Keys, NJ, Minor damage. Blown upon nose and wing ,landing in gusty wind.

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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