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NYC83FA110

1983-05-13 · BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport N52

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A LOSS OF POWER WHILE ENROUTE FROM WHITE PLAINS. THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE RPMS DECREASED. THE PLT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGHLY.A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT SOMERSET ARPT. THE LANDING APPROACH WAS HIGH AND THE PLT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. THE ENGINEPOWER WAS NOT ENOUGH AND A FULL STALL FLAPS UP LANDING WAS MADE INTO THE TREE TOPS. THE ACFT SLID DOWN THE TREES AND STOPPED IN A PAST VERTICAL NOSE DOWN POSITION. DURING A POST ACCIDENT ENGINE EXAMINATION THE #1 CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION. THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS BROKEN AND THE VALVE HEAD WAS NOT FOUND. THE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE GUIDE MEASURED .515. THE SPECIFICATION WHEN NEW IS .4985. THE SERVICE LIMIT IS .4995. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_NYC83FA110.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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