- Date
- November 23, 1981
- Place
- Hudson River, NY · HUDSON RIVER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5365LCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811123075109A
- Case key
- 122991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3062 81/11/23 HUDSON RIVER,NY CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1809 N5365L PX- 0 0 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY AGE 23, 1618 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT STATED ACFT STRUCK KITE AT 1000FT MSL,JAMMED ELEV CTLS.CRASHED IN HUDSON RVR.ACFT NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5365L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.