# Accident 19950826025889A: Cessna 172M, Kingswood Towns, NJ, August 26, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1995, 19:00 local time
- Place: Kingswood Towns, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N64380, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64380-1995-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950826025889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SHOT TWO PERSONS KILLING ONE IN ARGUEMENT. PERSON SHOT AT PILOT. TOOK OFF, NEAR VERTICAL CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC95LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA207), Aug 26, 1995: Cessna 172M (N64380), Kingswood Twsp, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees.

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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