# NTSB NYC66F0086: Cessna 172, N2654U, Basking Ridge, NJ, July 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1965
- Place: Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Location: 40.7065° N, 74.5576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Basking Ridge, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7065&lon=-74.5576&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66F0086
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0086

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1880  65/7/27    BASKING RIDGE NJ    CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 127
        TIME - 1635                    N2654U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
        REMARKS- FAILED TO RETRACT FLAPS ON GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2654U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2654U-2009-07-15), registration cancelled 2009-07-15, S/N 17250254, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Somerset

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.

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