- Date
- January 8, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sussex, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N72280Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830108004299A
- Case key
- 35144
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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
Aircraft lost power after takeoff at 200 feet and pilot made a turn back towards airport for landing. Engine did not respond to pilots remedial actions. A landing was made in soft grassy terrain on the airport. During landing the right main gear separated and the aircraft nosed over. No reason for the power loss was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72280
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9457
- Airframe hours
- 2,326
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Jensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- N63 · Sussex, runway 3, 3,510 × 75 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.