- Date
- May 18, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67809Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Planning/decision - poorCause
Airspeed - not obtainedCause
Climb - not maintainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not possible
Loss of control - in flight
Stall/mush - uncontrolled
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that during the initial climb of a max performance takeoff the best angle rate of climb could not be maintained. The acft contacted trees and subsequently crashed in an abandoned parking lot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67809
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282032
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Teterboro Flight Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- Greenwood Lake
- Airport
- Greenwood Lake
N67809Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 362 in this make and model · 165 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F