# Accident 20140820019629A: Cessna 150G, Pittstown, NJ, August 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2014, 20:57 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Sky Manor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5658° N, 74.9794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5658&lon=-74.9794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2466J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2466J-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 246 total, 74 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA401) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140820019629A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 150 WAS IN DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 25 AT SKYMANOR AIRPORT (N40) IN PITTSTOWN, NJ. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND BEGAN APPLYING FLAPS. TURNING BASE PILOT NOTICED REDUCED POWER ON ENGINE.  PILOT REALIZED HE COULD NOT MAKE FIELD. HE PULLED UP TO CLEAR POWERLINES. PILOT LANDED PLANE IN CORN FIELD QUARTER MILE NORTHEAST OF RUNWAY 25. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY A 200 DEGREE HEADING  AND CAME TO REST ON A 260 DEGREE HEADING AFTER A LANDING ROLL OF 120 FEET. PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND REMOVED HIMSELF FROM AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA14LA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA401), Aug 21, 2014: Cessna 150G (N2466J), Pittstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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