- Date
- August 31, 1986, 11:41 local (15:41 UTC)
- Place
- Bargaintown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6563LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30203
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.
Abrupt maneuver
Buzzing - intentionalCause
Aerobatics - performedCause
Procedures/directives - disregardedCause
Instructions,written/verbal - not followedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student pilot on a supervised solo cross country, diverted from his planned route and was observed flying low over a residential area performing maneuvers at or below tree top level. The pilot apparently lost control of the aircraft. Aircraft impacted the ground in a nose down attitude. The pilot received fatal injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6563L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284439
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic City Air Taxi,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Atlantic City Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 28, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Millvillecity, NJ
- Destination
- DNA · Bargaintown, NJ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 36 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 10 nm away