- Date
- July 4, 1986, 23:30 local (Jul 5, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manville, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2320SCessna T210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860704030889A
- Case key
- 30379
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During flight from princeton to kupper airport, aircraft suffered engine power loss for undetermined reasons. Aircraft crashed in an open field, causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2320S
- Reported as
- Cessna T210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061246
- Airframe hours
- 1,693
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. L. Berk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 39N · Princeton, NJ
- Destination
- 47N
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,184 total · 9 in this make and model · 1,906 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °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.