- Date
- August 2, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9862GCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802039479A
- Case key
- 35102
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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
The plt made 2 attempts to takeoff. On the second attempt, the acft lifted off to about 30 ft. the plt stated that the eng lost RPM (from 2450 to 1700 RPM), so he aborted the takeoff. The acft porpoised about 3 times & continued off the end of the rwy & came to rest in a bay. A witness said the eng was cutting out during both attempts to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9862G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 59762
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mike F. Mooney
- Registered owner
- Brook Field Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- Brookhaven, NY
- Airport
- Bader Field, runway 11, 3,000 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 465 total · 86 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.