# NTSB NYC82FHD12: Cessna 188A, N3520Q, Winslow, NJ, May 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1982, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Winslow, NJ
- Location: 39.6573° N, 74.8624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winslow, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6573&lon=-74.8624&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FHD12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FHD12

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE RETURNING TO THE ARPT. THE ACFT LANDED INTO A PLOWED FIELD & THEN ON INTO AN ORCHARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3520Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3520Q-2012-09-18), registration cancelled 2012-09-18, S/N 188-0470, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 470
- Airframe hours: 2612
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 137
- Operator: R. Goulet
- Registered owner: R. Goulet
- Departed: RED LION, NJ
- Destination: RED LION, NJ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,620 total, 508 in this make and model, 4,000 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## 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 19820516015859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820516015859A), May 16, 1982: Cessna A188, Winslow Townshi, NJ, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

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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