# Accident 20040610035549A: Cessna 172P, Haworth, NJ, June 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Haworth, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8833° N, 74.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8833&lon=-74.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53565 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,150 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040610035549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE SCENE AND STATED THE FOLLOWING: "AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND BOUND FOR CALDWELL NJ. AFTER 45 MINUTES FLIGHT TIME, AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1500 FT. THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT NOTIFIED NY APPROACH. THEY SUGGESTED TETERBORO AIRPORT AS A LANDING SITE 6 NM AWAY. THE PILOT REPLIED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE TETERBORO AND THAT HE WAS LANDING ON A GOLF COURSE DIRECTLY BELOW HIS POSITION. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED 180 DEGREES TO THE NORTH EAST TO A DOWNWIND LEG TO THE SELECTED LANDING AREA. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE PILOT SAW A GOLFER IN A GOLF CART STOPPED DIRECTLY IN THE AIRCRAFT'S PATH. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE GOLFER. DUE TO THE UNEVEN TERRAIN OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THE FORWARD MOMENTUM, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FURTHER DOWN. DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE RIGHT WING HIT A TREE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN 180 DEGREES. IT CAME TO A REST IN A SAND TRAP APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 50 FEET BEYOND THE TREE."

## 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 IAD04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA024), Jun 10, 2004: Cessna 172P (N53565), Passaic, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the evasive maneuver on the ground.

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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