# Accident 20190309005979A: Cessna 172K, Lumberton, NJ, March 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2019, 18:05 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9430° N, 74.8450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9430&lon=-74.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7367G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7367G-2021-01-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190309005979A

## Narrative

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

03/09/2019:

AFTER LANDING, AT SOUTH JERSEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (VAY) A CESSNA CE-172-K, N7367G, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 26 TO THE LEFT, BREAKING A TAXIWAY LIGHT ON ALPHA (A) TAXIWAY, AND THEN STRIKING THE AIRPORT'S SEGMENTED CIRCLE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS PASSANGER(HIS SON).

SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW, PILOT STATED THAT HIS SEAT BACK HAD BROKEN JUST AFTER LANDING, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

SDR SUBMITTED BY AIRWORTHINESS ON 04/11/2019.  SDR NUMBER: 2019FA0000115.

03/12/2020:

CORRECTED PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER FROM 3262862 TO 3282862.

## 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 ERA19LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA194), Mar 9, 2019: Cessna 172 (N7367G), Mount Holly, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot's seat back due to a sheared bolt during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion.

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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