# NTSB NYC84FHM05: Cessna 182P, N1516M, Clarkstown, NY, April 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1984, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Clarkstown, NY
- Coordinates: 41.120964, -74.049789 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1210&lon=-74.0498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FHM05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35402/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM05

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency

## Analysis

STUDENT PLT STATED HE INFORMED THE CFI DURING TAKEOFF THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO CLIMB. THE CFI THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT. WITNESSES STATED THE ENG SEEMED TO STOP AND THE ACFT ENTERED A GLIDE, BANKING TO THE LEFT FROM APRX 150 FT AGL. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE ACFT STOPPED PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN A CREEK. INSPECTION AND TESTING OF THE ACFT AND ENG FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1516M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264360
- Airframe hours: 490
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-SA 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Garrett Miller
- Registered owner: Homer Lydecker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 1983, 45 hours before
- Airport: N24, Ramapo Valley, runway 26, 2,185 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TEB, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840407008789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840407008789A), Apr 7, 1984: Cessna 182P, Clarkstown, NY, Destroyed. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed on route 59, hit guard rail, tumbled into creek. No cause for malfunction found.

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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