- Date
- June 16, 1987, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N9638LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30670
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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.
Analysis
The Cessna 172 is reported to have lost power after getting airborne while making a short field takeoff from a 1838 ft long runway. The student pilot told the operator he landed the aircraft on the remaining runway and ran off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft went down an embankment and settled in some trees below the runway. The cause of the reported power loss was not determined. The pilot did not respond to inquiries regarding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9638L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276594
- Airframe hours
- 656
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mac Dan Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bill G. Amico
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1987 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- 4N1 · Greenwood Lake, runway 2, 1,838 × 50 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F