- Date
- September 14, 1986, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pedricktown, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N738HZCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860914045069A
- Case key
- 30421
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 - in flight
Weather condition - gusts
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
Flight encountered a gust of wind on takeoff, ran off the left side and collided with a sewer ditch. The aircraft flipped over and received substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738HZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270002
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J.M. Recreational Airlines
- Registered owner
- Nonda Sullivant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1986
- Departed
- Pedrictown, NJ
- Destination
- Cape May, NJ
- Airport
- Old Man Airport, runway 25, 2,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
N738HZRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 597 total · 17 in this make and model · 482 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 17 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.