- Date
- October 20, 2007, 00:01 local (04:01 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757DPCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20071020830159A
- Case key
- 66947
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees during the approach.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot of the Cessna 152 was performing touch and go landings in the airport traffic pattern at night. After several landings, and while on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot noticed a small rain cloud over the airport. He then "hurried" his approach to the left base, and subsequently struck several tree tops, damaging the wings. The pilot then turned onto the final leg of the approach before landing "hard" and resulting in damage to the nose landing gear.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot of the Cessna 152, he was performing touch and go landings in the airport traffic pattern at night. After several landings, and while on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot noticed a small rain cloud over the airport. He then "hurried" his approach to the left base, and subsequently struck several tree tops, damaging the wings. The pilot then turned onto the final leg of the approach before landing "hard" and resulting in damage to the nose landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757DP
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279659
- Airframe hours
- 7,843
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2006
- Departed
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Destination
- 3B1
- Airport
- 3B1 · Greenville Municipal Airport, runway 14, 3,999 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2007
- Flight hours
- 1,204 total · 1,174 in this make and model · 92 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.57 inHg
- Observed at
- GNR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.