# NTSB NYC83FHA02: Cessna 182G, N2366R, Rocky Hill, NJ, December 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1982, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place: Rocky Hill, NJ
- Location: 40.4003° N, 74.6389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rocky Hill, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4003&lon=-74.6389&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FHA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FHA02

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LAST THIRD OF THE RWY, MADE A SERIES OF BOUNCES FOLLOWED BY A GO-AROUND AT WHICH TIME THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL TREE TOPS & CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2366R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2366R-1993-06-08), registration cancelled 1993-06-08, S/N 18255466 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255466
- Airframe hours: 1528
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 265 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bruce Williams
- Registered owner: Bruce Williams
- Departed: ROCKY HILL, NJ
- Destination: ROCKY HILL, NJ
- Airport: Princeton, runway 28, 3,198 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 750 total, 8 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 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 19821205062229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821205062229A), Dec 5, 1982: Cessna 182G, Rocky Hill, NJ, Destroyed. Landed on last third of runway after several bad bounces. Pilot attempted a belated go-around. Struck trees.

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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