- Date
- February 10, 1980
- Place
- Picatny Arsenl, NJ · PICATNY ARSENL, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24761Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800210002159A
- Case key
- 131723
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0222 80/2/10 PICATNY ARSENL,NJ CESSNA 152 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1557 N24761 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PICATINNY HELPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT ESTIMATED FUEL ONBOARD,DID NOT CONFIRM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24761
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Picatinny Helport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N24761 · 1
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