# Accident 19980806019819A: Cessna 172P, West Milford, NJ, August 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1998, 20:04 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N116FR-2015-04-30) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980806019819A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT CRAB. HE THEN ADDED FULL POWER, RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER.  THE CFI BROUGHT THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES FROM FULL DOWN.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBRONE WITH THE FLAPS COMING UP.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MUSH STRIKING A FENCE.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK A FENCE POST AND THE TOP STRAN OF THE FENCE WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER.

## 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 NYC98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA163), Aug 7, 1998: Cessna 172P (N116FR), West Milford, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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