Skip to content

NYC86FA135

1986-05-25 · BRIDGEPORT, New Jersey, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport N83

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE C-172RG ACCORDING TO WITNESS RPTS STATE THAT THE ACFT WAS EMMITTING BLACKSMOKE AND BACKFIRING WHILE ON THE T/O ROLL. THE BACKFIRING CONTINUED, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB OR MAINTAIN ALT OR FLYING SPEED. ACFT CRASHED ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. ALL FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_NYC86FA135.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.