# Accident 19970713047719A: Cessna 182, Seasideheights, NJ, July 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1997, 02:24 local time
- Place: Seasideheights, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9449° N, 74.0783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seaside Heights, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9449&lon=-74.0783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737PK-2001-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713047719A

## Narrative

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

(-16) THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.

## 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 NYC97FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA144), Jul 13, 1997: Cessna TR182 (N737PK), Seaside Heights, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance above water, while maneuvering over the ocean during a dark moonless night. Related factors were: darkness, the pilot's probable…

## Other reports on N737PK (1)

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

- [Incident 19960904032489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904032489I), Sep 4, 1996: Cessna TR182 (N737PK), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: while practicing touch and go landings at Morristown airport (mmu), pilot connery attempted departure behind departing falcon 20. Encountered wake…

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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