# NTSB NYC83LA042: Cessna T303, N9742T, Newburgh, NY, December 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1982, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Coordinates: 41.50098, -74.019752 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5010&lon=-74.0198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA042

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, dual student (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT EMERGENCIES WERE BEING PRACTICED. DURING TAKEOFF THE CFI FAILED THE RIGHT ENG. THE STUDENT HESITATED & THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE CFI WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN GAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL & THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY INTO A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9742T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9742T-1993-08-20), registration cancelled 1993-08-20, S/N T30300042 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- Registry model: [Cessna T303](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (registry code 2073820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T30300042
- Airframe hours: 125
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-AE 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Crusader Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Crusader Air Service, Inc.
- Departed: C, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Destination: C, NEWBURGH, NY
- Airport: SWF, Stewart, runway 27, 12,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 742 total, 30 in this make and model, 730 as pilot in command, 83 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19821211027069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821211027069A), Dec 11, 1982: Cessna T303, Newburgh, NY, Substantial damage. Student failed to react when the instructor failed an engine during takeoff. Swerved off runway side into a ditch.

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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