- Date
- February 24, 1985, 02:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757BSCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850224007039A
- Case key
- 35834
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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
While en route, the plt encountered strong, gusty winds & moderate to severe turbulence. After arriving at the destination arpt, he made 3 approaches to rwy 21. He stated that wind shear caused up & downdrafts & that the acft hit the rwy hard & ballooned. Subsequently, the acft touched down hard again & the nose gear collapsed. The plt reported that the wind was from 250 to 310 deg at 20 gusting 50 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757BS
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279615
- Airframe hours
- 2,753
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2CC, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marshall Consultants, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1985 · 317 hours before
- Departed
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport
- Columbia, runway 21, 4,200 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 466 total · 369 in this make and model · 376 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 250° at 20 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Observed at
- ALB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.