# NTSB NYC83LA081: Cessna 210D, N3727Y, Farmingdale, NJ, March 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NJ
- Location: 40.1868° N, 74.1246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONMOUTH EXEC (BLM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1868&lon=-74.1246&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35163/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA081

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 32 THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO STOP AFTER COMPLETION OF A TURN, BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE ACFT. THE PLT USED RIGHT RUDDER TO AVOID PARKED ACFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, NOSED OVER & AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE A GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE ACFT OVER ON ITS BACK. WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 33K.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3727Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3727Y-2013-04-17), registration cancelled 2013-04-17, S/N 21058227, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058227
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard L. Renne
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 20, 1982, 0 hours before
- Destination: TTN, TRENTON, NJ
- Airport: BLM, Monmouth County, runway 32, 7,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,048 total, 90 in this make and model, 1,032 as pilot in command, 53 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 20 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830322009029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830322009029A), Mar 22, 1983: Cessna 210D, Farmingdale, NJ, Substantial damage. During taxi after landing a gust of wind caused aircraft to leave ramp and roll down and embankment.

## Other investigations on N3727Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW67D0572](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67D0572), Oct 22, 1966: Cessna 210D (N3727Y), Bahia/Los Ang, Mexico, substantial damage

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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