- Date
- May 14, 1985, 15:06 local (19:06 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6507BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850514021589A
- Case key
- 35873
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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
According to the student, the acft encountered a sudden wind shift from the east as he was landing. He stated that this caused the plane to tip over to the plt's right & come to rest on its top. The student also reported that the wind was from 050 deg at 7 KTS & the visibility was indefinite.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6507B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283941
- Airframe hours
- 34,708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Certificated Pilot Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- Morristown, runway 5, 1,800 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.