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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Caldwell, NJ · May 16, 1988

Date
May 16, 1988 · 17:47 local
Place
Caldwell, NJ
Airport
Essex County
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68485
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
37 total37 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on a touch and go landing. Veered off runway. Hit a runway sign.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A RUNWAY SIGN.