ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269543
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 2021 |
| Time: | 10:48 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP |
| Owner/operator: | Hanuman Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N90559 |
| MSN: | 172S11076 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4868 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Branchville, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Caldwell Wright Airport, NJ (CDW/KCDW) |
| Sussex Airport, NJ (KFWN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 11, 2021, about 1048 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N90559, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hampton Township, New Jersey. The flight instructor and a private pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.
While on an instructional flight, control of the airplane was lost during a flight maneuver, and the airplane impacted the terrain in a heavily wooded area. Data recovered from the Garmin G1000 integrated flight instrument system revealed that the airplane climbed to a cruise altitude of about 6,400 ft and remained on a northwesterly heading for the first 17 minutes of the flight. The airplane’s airspeed began to decrease due to an engine power reduction from 2,400 rpm to 1,300 rpm. The airplane began to pitch nose up, ultimately reaching a maximum pitch attitude of about 37° as the airspeed slowed to 28 knots indicated. The airplane reached a left-wing-down bank angle of 102° and a nose-down pitch attitude of 79°. The G1000 recorded the airplane’s descent rate at over 8,000 ft/minute 3 seconds later. A surveillance security video showed the airplane in a very steep spiral turn that continued until the airplane was out of view of the camera. Based on the data recovered from the G1000, the reduction of power was intentional, and the aerodynamic stall was induced. The flight instructor’s logbook and receipts from previous flights show the flight instructor and private pilot had practiced steep spiral turns on several occasions.
All the major airplane components were located at the accident site. Examination of the airplane and the engine did not reveal any anomalies with the flight controls that would have precluded normal operation.
Although toxicological testing of the flight instructor’s blood was positive for THC and the THC metabolite THC-COOH, given the circumstances of this accident and the low concentration found in his blood, it is unlikely that the flight instructor’s performance was impaired by THC at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s failure to recover from a steep spiral turn during an instructional flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/sussex/2021/11/11/plane-crash-today-new-jersey-faa-ntsb-investigating-hampton/6394885001/
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/sussex/police-fire/2-feared-dead-in-north-jersey-plane-crash/819886/
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/sussex/police-fire/major-ny-tech-company-founder-who-flew-flight-with-shatner-one-of-two-killed-in-nj-plane-crash/819886/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104237
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=90559
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N90559
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac84e8&lat=41.120&lon=-74.794&zoom=13.6&showTrace=2021-11-11
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9278478 (photo)
Location
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Media:
Horrible news: Glen de Vries, CEO of Medidata and Blue Origin astronaut who flew with William Shatner to space last month, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash in New Jersey yesterday, state police confirm. https://t.co/H8WphEbou3 pic.twitter.com/gPCShD5Mik
— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) November 12, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2021 23:44 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 12-Nov-2021 01:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 01:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 15:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 16:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 17:02 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 18:31 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Nov-2021 19:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source] |
| 12-Nov-2021 20:13 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 22:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 13-Nov-2021 07:39 | johnwg | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2021 19:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 15-Nov-2021 10:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2021 10:34 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2021 08:54 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2021 18:48 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 06-Dec-2021 22:40 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2024 14:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
| 05-Jan-2024 14:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
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