- Date
- August 13, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91389Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813076069A
- Case key
- 35250
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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 acft had attained an alt of 300 ft AGL when the engine lost power. The pilot turned back 180 degrees toward a clearing near the arpt. The acft went through some trees and made a hard landing which collapsed the nose gear. An annual inspectin had just been completed on the day of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91389
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261995
- Airframe hours
- 1,145
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L & G Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 4N1 · West Milford, runway 6, 2,660 × 50 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,068 total · 581 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.