# NTSB NYC84LA169: Cessna C150, N4024U, So.Bethlehem, NY, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: So.Bethlehem, NY
- Coordinates: 42.530303, -73.850975 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5303&lon=-73.8510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35555/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA169

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, takeoff - initial climb
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR HAD JUST STARTED THE INITAL CLIMB WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 100 FT. THE APPLICATION OF CARBURATOR HEAT CAUSED A FEW SECOND BURST OF POWER THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS AND TURNED LEFT. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN SOME HIGH BRUSH NEXT TO THE AIRPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4024U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4024U-2013-05-21), registration cancelled 2013-05-21, S/N 15061424, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 4675
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sport Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 9, 1984
- Departed: SO. ALBANY, NY
- Airport: So Albany, runway 19, 2,800 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 4,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °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 19840512017139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512017139A), May 12, 1984: Cessna 150E, South Bethlehem, NY, Destroyed. Crash occurred during attempted emergency landing after takeoff. Engine quit for unknown reasons.

## Other investigations on N4024U (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC73FNC69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNC69), Apr 15, 1973: Cessna 150 (N4024U), Norridgewock, ME, substantial damage

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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