# NTSB UNK64X2456: Cessna 182, N4043D, Oceanport, NJ, June 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 23, 1964
- Place: Oceanport, NJ · OCEANPORT, NJ
- Location: 40.3152° N, 74.0176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3152&lon=-74.0176&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183693
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2456
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2456

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0719  64/6/23    OCEANPORT NJ        CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 43, 49 TOTAL
        TIME - 1054                    N4043D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BANK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4043D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4043D-1964-08-05), registration cancelled 1964-08-05, S/N 34743 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Red Bank

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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