# NTSB NYC86LA223: Cessna 152, N5088Q, Willimantic, CT, August 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1986, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Location: 41.7166° N, 72.2117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willimantic, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7166&lon=-72.2117&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA223

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 TOO FAST AND LONG. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, THE PLT LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A FEW TIMES BEFORE NOSING OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5088Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5088Q-1999-07-27), registration cancelled 1999-07-27, S/N 15285070 (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: 15285070
- Airframe hours: 1944
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Northeastern Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 27, 1986, 54 hours before
- Departed: BAF, WESTFIELD, MA
- Destination: BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Airport: 5BO, Windham, runway 36, 2,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 112 total, 11 in this make and model, 74 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## Other investigations on N5088Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD99LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA022), Nov 28, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5088Q), Easton, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both the pilot-in-command (CFI) and dual student of the other aircraft (Pitts) to maintain adequate visual lookout.

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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