- Date
- June 28, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757JCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028379A
- Case key
- 30367
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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
The plt rprtd he encountered a gust of wind & a wind shift during the flare to land. Subsequently, he lost directional control & the acft went off the side of the rwy, collided with a man-made pyramid of stone & rotated upside down. The plt rprtd the winds were from the southwest at 10 to 15 KTS, gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757JC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279768
- Airframe hours
- 3,182
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G&E Wildowsky, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1986
- Departed
- 5B3 · Danielson, CT
- Destination
- MA08
- Airport
- MA08 · Oxford, runway 20, 2,200 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 631 total · 28 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.