- Date
- August 15, 1982, 10:59 local (14:59 UTC)
- Place
- Trenton, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18958Beech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 72858
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During an approach to the mercer county airport at Trenton, n.j., the aircraft lost power and landed off airport in trees. The fuel selector was found positioned between left tank and off. The pilot attempted to fly to the runway, but unable. The aircraft engine will not operate with the selector in the position in which it was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18958
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC538
- Airframe hours
- 1,414
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronson Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Saldon Ltd
- Departed
- Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- Trenton, NJ
- Airport
- TTN · Mercer County, runway 34, 4,800 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,138 total · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTN, 1 nm away