# Accident 19980816021009A: Cessna 152, Jackson, NJ, August 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1998
- Place: Jackson, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 39.7765° N, 74.8624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7765&lon=-74.8624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89144-1999-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816021009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE MAKING LOW PASSES OVER A RESIDENCE WHEN THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED ON DIAMOND ROAD, ACFT WAS DESTROYED.           (-23)ACFT DEPARTED BLM FOR A LOCAL FLGT IN THE VICINITY OF JACKSON, NJ AT LESS THAN 500 FT MSL. WITNESS'S REPORTED TO THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE ACFT WAS PERFORMING A LOOP MANEUVER AND CRASHED. THE ACFT WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AND STRUCK THE TREE TOPS. IT CONTINUED WESTBOUND FLYING UNDER TELEPHONE WIRES AND PULLING THEM LOOSE FROM THEIR BINDINGS. THE ACFT THEN STRUCK ANOTHER TREE WITH MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SERIOUS INJURY TO THE SECOND PILOT. THE ACFT WAS DEMOLISHED. THE ACFT WAS DESASSEMBLED AND MOVED TO O'BRIEN AVIATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC98LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA169), Aug 16, 1998: Cessna 152 (N89144), Jackson Twnshp, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight (check pilot) instructor's excessive pull-up maneuver and his inadvertent entry into a low altitude stall/spin.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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