# NTSB NYC84LA272: Cessna 152II, N89980, E. Windsor, CT, August 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1984, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: E. Windsor, CT
- Location: 41.9284° N, 72.5764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK AIRPARK (7B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9284&lon=-72.5764&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA272

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - pitot/static system - blocked(total) (contributing factor)
  - flight/nav instruments,airspeed indicator - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

PLT FAILED TO NOTE INOPERATIVE AIRSPEED INDICATOR UNTIL WELL INTO TAKEOFF RUN. WHEN THE DEFECT WAS NOTED, TAKEOFF ABORT PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED BEYOND THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY INTO A ROUGH FIELD AND NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PITOT HEAD WAS PLUGGED WITH DRY MUD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89980](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89980), registered now, S/N 15282937, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152II
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282937
- Airframe hours: 2116
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skylark Airpark
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 25, 1984, 18 hours before
- Airport: 7B6, Skylark Airpark, runway 28, 2,642 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 610 total, 51 in this make and model, 466 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19840813040259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840813040259A), Aug 13, 1984: Cessna 152, East Windsor, CT, Destroyed. During takeoff roll, pilot noticed that airspeed indicator was not working. Aborted, ran off end of runway.

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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