# NTSB NYC84LA106: Cessna C172, N64493, Fairfield, NJ, March 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64493), registered now, S/N 17275565, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172755656
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840310006399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310006399A), Mar 10, 1984: Cessna 172P, Fairfield, NJ, Substantial damage. Left wheel hit snowdrift during fast taxi and aircraft veered damaging right wing tip and propellor.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.