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Event NYC84LA026

1983-11-13 HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States Airport · N05 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE MADE AN EXTENDED PATTERN TO KEEP SPACING ON A SLOWER ACFT THAT WAS LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE WENT THRU THE LANDING CHECKLIST & EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. ON FINAL APCH, THE ACFT GOT A LITTLE LOW, BUT WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, THE ENG FAILED TO RESPOND. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO THE RWY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR OVER A HEDGEROW. NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE PLT STATED THAT EARLIER IN THE FLT, CARBURETOR ICING WAS EXPERIENCED WHICH CLEARED UP WHEN CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_NYC84LA026.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

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