# NTSB NYC83FFA02: Cessna 150M, N704AL, So. Fallsburgh, NY, August 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1983, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: So. Fallsburgh, NY
- Location: 41.7039° N, 74.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Fallsburg, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7039&lon=-74.6326&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FFA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35087/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FFA02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING LOW LEVEL STEEP TURNS, CLIMBS & DIVES OVER A HOTEL. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOPS OF TREES, NOSED OVER & CRASHED. THE STUDENT PLT RESIDES AT, & IS EMPLOYED BY, THE HOTEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704AL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704AL-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 15078458, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078458
- Airframe hours: 2706
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Orlando J. Pelaez
- Registered owner: Wurtsboro Flight Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 9, 1983, 30 hours before
- Departed: WURTSBORO, NY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 92 total, 92 in this make and model, 27 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830814040959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814040959A), Aug 14, 1983: Cessna 150M, South Fallsburg, NY, Destroyed. Struck trees while buzzing a hotel area. Student pilot was the hotel bartender.

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.

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