# Accident 19991220042449A: Cessna 152, No Stonington, CT, December 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: No Stonington, CT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4409° N, 71.8812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Stonington, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4409&lon=-71.8812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757NU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757NU-2000-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 21,025 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991220042449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WRECKAGE OF A CESSNA 152, N757NU, WAS FOUND ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP ON 75 ROCKY HOLLOW ROAD, NORTH STONINGTON,CONNECTICUT. THE PILOT WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED APPROX. 36 FEET AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AN ESTIMATE TIME OF DEATH IS 3 TO 10 DAYS FROM TIME OF ACCIDENT DISCOVERY. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION PARTIALLY ON TOP OF THE STONE FENCE FACING CONNCECTICUT STATE PROPERTY ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 40 DEGREES. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (.4)WHILE LANDING ON A 1,600 FOOT-LONG, 50 FOOT-WIDE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP OWNED BY THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING CONTACTED TREES 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK AND CAME TO REST ON A STONE WALL.  THE PILOT RETIRED AS AN AIRLINE PILOT WITH OVER 21,000 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, IN JUNE 1991.  HE REPORTED NO FLIGHT TIME ACCUMULATED IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO HIS MOST RECENT FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WHICH WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1999.  THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO THE PILOT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1999, WAS IN MARCH 1993.  THE PILOT ALSO OWNED THE AIRPLANE, WHICH HAD BEEN OPERATED ABOUT 26 HOURS SINCE IT'S MOST RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION, WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON OCTOBER 23, 1991.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEALED ANY PRE-IMPACT FAILURES OF THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE.

## 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 NYC00FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA057), Dec 20, 1999: Cessna 152 (N757NU), N. Stonington, CT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of recent flight experience.

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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