# Accident 20040704022409A: Cessna 182Q, Brooklyn, NY, July 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2004, 15:56 local time
- Place: Brooklyn, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5725° N, 73.9183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5725&lon=-73.9183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6550F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6550F-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 15 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040704022409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ORIGINAL WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 182Q (N6550F) BANNER TOW AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED OFF MANHATTEN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ON JULY 4, 2004: TOWING SECOND BANNER OF THE DAY FROM (N12) TO (FOK) ALONG THE SHORE I MADE IT JUST PAST SANDY HOOK ON MY WAY TO CONEY ISLAND SHORE THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. I LOST 100' OF ALTITUDE FROM 400', THEN I RELEASED THE BANNER, PUSHED PROP, THROTTLE, MIXTURE FULL FORWARD, PULLED THE CARB HEAT. IT WAS STILL NOT GETTING FULL POWER. I WAS ON BOTH ON THE FUEL SELECTOR. I SWITCHED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEN BACK TO BOTH, SQUAKED 7700 CALLED VFK TOLD THEM I INTENDED TO LAND IN THEIR AIRSPACE. I WAS HEADED TO FLOYD BENNET FIELD BUT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE QUICKLY, AND PUT IT IN THE WATER. NYPD SHOWED UP VERY QUICKLY. PICKED UP BY JET SKI AND DELIVERED TO THE POLICE BOAT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CRASH OF A CESSNA 182Q (N6550F) BANNER TOW AIRCRAFT OFF MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN NEW YORK ON JULY 4, 2004 WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE PILOT AT 0800 LOCAL, JULY 5, 2004 AT THE FEDERAL PARK POLICE MARINE UNIT BASE IN ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK. JOHN P. RUSSO FAA IIC: JONATHON SHOCKLEY, PILOT.. "I WAS AT 400 FEET BY CONEY ISLAND WHEN THE ENGINESTARTED RUNNING ROUGH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHAKING. ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS RISING, OIL PRESSURE WAS DROPPING. CALLED THE COMPANY FREQUENCY, DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM. DROPPED THE BANNER AT 300 FEET, WENT THRU THE CHECKLIST. LOOKED FOR A CLEAR SPOT, HIT THE WATER, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. SCRAMBLED OUT ONTO THE WING, PICKED UP BY A MAN ON A JET-SKI AND TAKEN TO THE PARK POLICE MOTOR LAUNCH. WE WENT BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT, SECURED A LINE AROUND THE TAIL AND TOWED THE PLANE TO THE PARK POLICE MARINE UNIT BASE." END.

## 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 NYC04LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA156), Jul 4, 2004: Cessna 182Q (N6550F), Brighton Beach, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during cruise flight for undetermined reasons.

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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