# Accident 19970825023699A: Cessna 337B, Warren Township, NJ, August 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Warren Township, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2442S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2442S-1999-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337B (registry code 2075706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,797 total, 2,922 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970825023699A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN BACK YARD OF HOME. (.4)THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THE NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DEPARTED A VFR CORRIDOR TO THE WEST.  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) RECORDS REVEALED INITIAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY NEWARK AIRPORT GROUND CONTROL AND BY THE TOWER.  FURTHER ATC SERVICE FROM APPROACH CONTROL WAS OFFERED, BUT THE PILOT DECLINED THE SERVICE.  AT 1024, RADAR SERVICE WAS TERMINATED, HOWEVER, RADAR FACILITIES CONTINUED TO TRACK THE AIRPLANE. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO 1,800 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) AND CONTINUED AT 1,800 FEET MSL FOR APPROXIMATELY 38 SECONDS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION.  THE LAST RADAR PLOT AT 1,800 FEET WAS AT 1028:26.  AT 1028:31, RADAR DATA INDICATED N2442S HAD DESCENDED TO 1,100 FEET MSL; INDICATING AN 8,400 FEET-PER-MINUTE RATE OF DESCENT.  NO FURTHER RADAR PLOTS WERE RECORDED.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED WOODED TERRAIN BEHIND A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN A 60 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  WITNESSES STATED THE ENGINES WERE RUNNING 'LOUD' AND 'PERFECTLY WELL'.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT ANOMALIES.

## 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 NYC97FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA170), Aug 25, 1997: Cessna 337B (N2442S), Warren Township, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control in flight for undetermined reasons and the subsequent collision with terrain.

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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