- Date
- November 27, 1983, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marlborough, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5520MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831127058869A
- Case key
- 35475
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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 acft collided with trees during final approach to land. The acft was on a short final to rwy 32 at marborough when the left wheel and left wing struck tree tops a short way from the rwy threshold. The acft turned about 70 degrees to the left and collided with a tree line along the arpt boundary. According to the plt/operator acft accident report, the commercial plt in the right seat was the plt-in-command. He was an applicant for a flt instructor certificate. The occupant in the left seat was a certified flt instructor (CFI).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5520M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15254598
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phoenix East Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAW · Lawrence, MA
- Destination
- 9B1 · Marlborough, MA
- Airport
- 9B1 · Marlborough, runway 32, 1,680 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 38 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.