# NTSB NYC86LA154: Cessna 152, N89720, Wayne, NJ, June 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1986, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Wayne, NJ
- Location: 40.9254° N, 74.2765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wayne, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9254&lon=-74.2765&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30359
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30359/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA154

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, approach
  - fluid,fuel - starvation
  - fuel system,vent - foreign object (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT AT CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY AND COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE FORCED LANDING. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE VENT LINE FROM THE FUEL VENT TUBE TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89720](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89720-1988-05-03), registration cancelled 1988-05-03, S/N 15282840 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282840
- Airframe hours: 1650
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph Gilewiski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1986, 15 hours before
- Departed: BDL, WINDSOR LOCKS, CT
- Destination: CDW, CALDWELL, NJ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,090 total, 540 in this make and model, 1,010 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860621077879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860621077879A), Jun 21, 1986: Cessna 152, Wayne, NJ, Destroyed. The engine failed on final approach and the aircraft impacted trees. No fuel in carburetor. Vent line clogged.

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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