- Date
- September 29, 1988, 21:45 local (Sep 30, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98305Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36236
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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
While on a night personal pleasure flt along the hudson river between New York and new jersey, at 300 feet AGL, the plt turned the acft toward an unlighted shore area and lost visual cues. The plt inadvertently flew the acft into the water. The acft sunk and was not recovered. The three occupants successfully exited the acft with minor injuries and swam ashore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98305
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276275
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Teterboro Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Lorean Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- TEB
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 115 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F