# NTSB NYC82DA224: Beech C23, N23965, Hammonton, NJ, September 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1982, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Location: 39.6365° N, 74.8024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammonton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6365&lon=-74.8024&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70947
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70947/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA224

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT 300 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED HE CHANGED THE FUEL SELECTOR AND TRIED A RESTART. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO STALL, BUT THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE, THEN ROTATED TO SETTLE INTO TREES. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED. NO MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23965](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23965-1983-02-08), registration cancelled 1983-02-08, S/N M-1904, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1904
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hammonton Aviation
- Registered owner: Hammonton Aviation
- Departed: HAMMONTON, NJ
- Destination: HAMMONTON, NJ
- Airport: runway 3, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 256 total, 133 in this make and model, 134 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 8 knots
- Temperature: 180 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820909045169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909045169A), Sep 9, 1982: Beech C23, Hammonton, NJ, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb after touch and go landing. Aircraft crashed into trees off end of runway.

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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