- Date
- March 10, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64493Cessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840310006399A
- Case key
- 35513
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - slush coveredFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
TotalCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The acft hit a snowdrift during landing roll and veered left into a snowbank. The acft nosed down, striking the right wing tip and propellers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64493
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172755656
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mac Dan Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- CDW · Essex County, runway 27, 3,720 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 28 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.