- Date
- December 17, 1983, 11:18 local (16:18 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12EGBeech T-34A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831217061419A
- Case key
- 35307
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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
Prior to the accident, the acft was observed in aerobatic type maneuvers. According to one witness, he saw the acft enter a descent after it had completed a roll maneuver. It was still in a steep descent when he lost sight of the acft due to trees. The acft impacted with trees in a wooded area while still descending at a shallow angle. The trees were up to 45 ft tall. The distance from the initial impact point with the trees to the last piece of debris was 511 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12EG
- Reported as
- Beech T-34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G-843
- Airframe hours
- 4,969
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Soderberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 47N · Manville, NJ
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,397 total · 47 in this make and model · 1,241 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTN, 14 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.