- Date
- May 2, 1986, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94577Cessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860502015759A
- Case key
- 30329
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On flare for landing, student pilot encountered wind shear and landed hard, collapsing the nose gear, bouncing off to the left of the runway, nose digging into soft turf, causing aircraft to come to rest inverted. Aircraft was substantially damaged. Instructor pilot and student pilot received no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94577
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285736
- Airframe hours
- 1,072
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N26, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airborne Arts
- Registered owner
- George R. Wilson, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1986 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 25, 2,500 × 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 318 total · 210 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N94577 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.