- Date
- July 13, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 14, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73749Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830713041429A
- Case key
- 35227
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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
Reportedly, the plt-in-command (PIC) was on an annual flt check with an instructor plt (CFI) on board. The flying club had a requirement for an annual, club proficiency, check flt. During the flt, the check plt asked the PIC to land at the Colts Neck arpt. He stated that he was confident the landing conditions on the sod rwy would be good, since he had recently landed there in another acft. However, during the landing roll, the acft went over a hump in the rwy & became airborne momentarily. Reportedly, back pressure was applied to the elevator controls & when the nose came back down, another hump was encountered & the nose gear fork failed. The strut then dug into the ground & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73749
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-67648
- Airframe hours
- 3,040
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William F. Vogel
- Registered owner
- Jersey Areo Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1982
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar-Farm., NJ
- Airport
- N61 · Colts Neck, runway 25, 2,560 × 125 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,418 total · 150 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73749 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.