# Accident 20211111020839A: Cessna 172S, Hampton Twp., NJ, November 11, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2021, 14:10 local time
- Place: Hampton Twp., NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0791° N, 74.4785° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0791&lon=-74.4785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90559, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90559-2025-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,750 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211111020839A

## Narrative

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

N90559, C 172, DEPARTED CDW VFR ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RETURN TO CDW WHEN EXPECTED SO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL CONTACTED CDW TOWER FOR INFORMATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 41.0791 NORTH LATITUDE/ 074.4785 WEST LONGITUDE. THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES. NO KNOWN CONTACT WITH N90. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ERA22FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA058), Nov 11, 2021: Cessna 172 (N90559), Branchville, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to recover from a steep spiral turn during an instructional flight.

## Other reports on N90559 (1)

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

- [Accident 20130416007559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130416007559A), Apr 16, 2013: Cessna 172S (N90559), Lincoln Park, NJ, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed from Lincoln Park Airport, NJ (N07) and returned to the same airport. Pilot is a student under the supervision of CFI: pawel kumela. This…

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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