# Accident 19981025030159A: Cessna 172N, Linden, NJ, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 16:37 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6142° N, 74.2632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6142&lon=-74.2632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6214F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6214F-2001-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 800 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025030159A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE ARPT AND CRASHED ON SOUTH STREET. (.4)DURING A TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACH, THE AIRPLANE TURNED ONTO FINAL AND MADE A CONTROLLED DESCENT INTO POWER LINES.  CONTACT WAS MADE APPROXIMATELY 48 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE, ABOUT 1,500 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.  AT THE TIME, THE SUN WAS SETTING, AND WAS ABOUT 4 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON AND 6 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. (-23) A/C DURING APPROACH TO ALND ON RUNWAY 27 WAS VERY LOW WHEN  A/C HIT POLE WIRES AT 48 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND A/C APPROX. 1000 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY, AND APPROX. 1500 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED LANDING THRESHOLD. FIVE POWER CABLES WERE SEVERED FROM POLE. INJURED PASSENGER STATED HE WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE PILOT WAS FLYING TOO LOW OVER THE OIL STORAGE TANKS DURING APPROACH.

## 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 NYC99FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA015), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 172N (N6214F), Linden, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines. A factor was sunglare.

## Other reports on N6214F (1)

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

- [Accident 19821015053389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015053389A), Oct 15, 1982: Cessna 172N (N6214F), Mitchellville, MD, Substantial damage. Too high and fast, landed halfway down runway. Unable to stop, ran of end thru fence onto a highway and stopped.

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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