# NTSB NYC82FA210: Cessna 150M, N9121U, Fairfield, NJ, August 29, 1982 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: August 29, 1982, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC) - Place: Fairfield, NJ - Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 minor - Status: Completed, report August 29, 1983 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 70658 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FA210 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70658/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA210 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - downwind - vfr procedures - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - traffic pattern procedure - congested (contributing factor) - visual separation - not maintained, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (contributing factor) - Midair collision, approach - identification of aircraft visually - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - traffic pattern procedure - congested (contributing factor) - visual separation - not maintained, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (contributing factor) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) THE C-172 HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR AN OVERHEAD APPROACH TO ENTER A RIGHT DOWNWIND. THE PLT REPORTED OVERHEAD & ROGERED THAT HE SAW THE TRAFFIC COMING UP ON MIDFIELD. HE ALSO OKAYED THAT HE COULD FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC. HE WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO START HIS RIGHT TURN. THE TOWER THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE C-150 ON DOWNWIND" ON THE DOWNWIND WATCH THE TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM OVERHEAD SIR." THE C-150 & C-172 THEN COLLIDED. THE C-150 HAD BEEN PERFORMING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. AFTER HIS THIRD DEPARTURE HE CLIMBED TO 700 FT, MADE A RIGHT 90 DEG TURN & CLIMBED TO 1,200 FT. THE ACFT WAS LEVELED & A RIGHT 90 DEG TURN TO DOWNWIND WAS MADE. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AS THE ACFT ROLLED OUT. PUBLISHED TOWER CLIMB-OUT INSTRUCTIONS FOR RWY 22 IS A 20 DEG RIGHT TURN AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, CLIMB TO 1,000 FT MSL BEFORE ANY FURTHER TURNS. OF THE THREE CONTROLLERS IN THE TOWER, TWO WERE NOT FACILITY-RATED & WERE IN TRAINING. THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WAS CONGESTED WITH ACFT IN CLOSED PATTERNS. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) THE C-172 HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR AN OVERHEAD APPROACH TO ENTER A RIGHT DOWNWIND. THE PLT REPORTED OVERHEAD & ROGERED THAT HE SAW THE TRAFFIC COMING UP ON MIDFIELD. HE ALSO OKAYED THAT HE COULD FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC. HE WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO START HIS RIGHT TURN. THE TOWER THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE C-150 ON DOWNWIND "ON THE DOWNWIND WATCH THE TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM OVERHEAD SIR." THE C-150 & C-172 THEN COLLIDED. THE C-150 HAD BEEN PERFORMING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. AFTER HIS THIRD DEPARTURE HE CLIMBED TO 700 FT, MADE A RIGHT 90 DEG TURN & CLIMBED TO 1,200 FT. THE ACFT WAS LEVELED & A RIGHT 90 DEG TURN TO DOWNWIND WAS MADE. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AS THE ACFT ROLLED OUT. PUBLISHED TOWER CLIMB-OUT INSTRUCTIONS FOR RWY 22 IS A 20 DEG RIGHT TURN AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, CLIMB TO 1,000 FT MSL BEFORE ANY FURTHER TURNS. OF THE THREE CONTROLLERS IN THE TOWER, TWO WERE NOT FACILITY-RATED & WERE IN TRAINING. THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WAS CONGESTED WITH ACFT IN CLOSED PATTERNS. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N9121U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9121U-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 15078072, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15078072 - Airframe hours: 818 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Liberty Aviation, Inc. - Registered owner: Days Flying Service - Departed: CDW, FAIRFIELD, NJ - Destination: CDW, FAIRFIELD, NJ - Airport: CDW, Essex County, runway 22, 4,553 × 80 ft ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: N8998V (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17264353 - Airframe hours: 1040 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: General Aviation Company - Registered owner: J. Kenneth Forrester, Inc. - Departed: TETERBORO, NJ - Destination: TETERBORO, NJ - Airport: CDW, Essex County, runway 22, 4,553 × 80 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N9121U; age 31; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N8998V; age 26; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 411 total, 70 in this make and model, 268 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 4 knots - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: CDW ## 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 19820829042162A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820829042162A), Aug 29, 1982: Cessna 150M, Fairfield, NJ, Substantial damage. During rollout from turn to downwind aircraft collided with 8998V. Landed safely with collapse of nose gear. - [Accident 19820829042161A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820829042161A), Aug 29, 1982: Cessna 172M, Fairfield, NJ, Destroyed. Left wing separated after collision with 9121U during overhead entry to pattern. 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.