# NTSB DCA83AA006: Cessna 182Q, N96402, Livingston, NJ, November 20, 1982 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report - Date: November 20, 1982, 16:14 local (21:14 UTC) - Place: Livingston, NJ - Location: 40.7959° N, 74.3149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livingston, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7959&lon=-74.3149&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 3 fatal - Status: Completed, report November 20, 1983 - Report: Board-adopted at Board Meeting - NTSB office: Major Investigations Division - Safety recommendations: Yes - NTSB case key (mKey): 71457 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA83AA006 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71457/pdf - Board report AAR8303 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8303.pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA006 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, cruise - normal - air/ground communications - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - traffic advisory - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - unsafe/hazardous condition - not identified, atc personnel(dep/apch) (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - Midair collision, approach - air/ground communications - not attained, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - traffic advisory - not obtained, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - unsafe/hazardous condition - not identified, atc personnel(dep/apch) (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) AERO COMMANDER 560E, N3827C (27C), WAS RETURNING FROM BLAIRSTOWN WHERE IT HAD BEEN FLOWN FOR MINOR MAINT. THE PLT WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN, CLEARED BY NEW YORK TRACON TO PROCEED AT 2000 FT MSL ON A RADAR VECTOR OF 170 DEG FOR AN ILS APCH TO THE TETERBORO ARPT. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ALT ENCODING TRANSPONDER THAT WAS BEING USED. THE PLT WAS ADVISED OF NUMEROUS TARGETS AT HIS 12 O'CLOCK POSITION. AT APRX THE SAME TIME, CESSNA 182Q, N96402 (402), WAS ON A FLT FROM THE KUPPER ARPT TO RAMAPO ARPT. A DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN THESE ARPTS WOULD HAVE INTERSECTED THE NW EDGE OF THE NEW YORK TCA WHERE POSITIVE CONTROL BEGAN BETWEEN 1800 & 7000 FT MSL. THE PLT WAS PROCEEDING VFR WITH NO FLT PLAN & WAS NOT IN RADIO COMM WITH ANY ATC FACILITY. 402 WAS EQUIPPED WITH A TRANSPONDER THAT WAS OPERATING, BUT HAD NO ALT ENCODING CAPABILITY. AS THE ACFT CONVERGED, 402 WAS ON A NORTHEASTERLY HEADING. THE PLANES COLLIDED ABOUT 1 MI INSIDE THE TCA. THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND APRX 1500 FT APART. A MAP WAS FOUND IN 402 WITH A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THE ARPTS & INTERSECTING THE TCA. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N96402](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96402-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 18266707, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18266707 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Anthony D. Losicco - Registered owner: Anthony D. Losicco - Departed: MANVILLE, NJ - Destination: SPRING VALLEY, NJ ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: N3827C (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 560E - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 744 - Engines: LYCOMING GO-480-G1B6 295 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Operator: Alfred Wonesh - Registered owner: Alfred Wonesh - Departed: BLAIRSTOWN, NJ - Destination: TETERSBORO, NJ ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N96402; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 248 total - Pilot, aircraft N3827C; age 48; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 730 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 4 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken - Temperature: 124 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19821120059352A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059352A), Nov 20, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Livingston, NJ, Destroyed. Mid air collison occurred when pilots failed to observe other aircraft. N3827C other aircraft. - [Accident 19821120059351A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059351A), Nov 20, 1982: Gulstm 560E, Livingston, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Mid air collision occurred when pilots failed to observe other aircraft. N96402 other aircraft. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.