# NTSB NYC84LA239: Cessna 172N, N733BN, Ocean City, NJ, July 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1984, 05:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Location: 39.2635° N, 74.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (26N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2635&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA239

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING IN A X-WIND THE PLT SAID THE ACFT WAS PUSHED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY BY THE SHIFTING WIND. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE RIGHT WING DAMAGED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND SHIFTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WAS GUSTING TO 30 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N733BN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268169
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Atlantic City Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 3, 1984, 693 hours before
- Departed: AIY, BADER FIELD, NJ
- Destination: 26N, OCEAN CITY, NJ
- Airport: 26N, Ocean City, runway 24, 2,550 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 112 total, 23 in this make and model, 57 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 135° at 10 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19840710031209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840710031209A), Jul 10, 1984: Cessna 172N, Ocean City, NJ, Substantial damage. Gusty, shifting crosswind landing. Aircraft pushed to one side of runway. Nose wheel broke off, wing damaged.

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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