- Date
- November 28, 1986, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Guilderland Cnt, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704EKCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861128063829A
- Case key
- 30434
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot, on a solo 30 NM x-country training flt, became lost while using VOR navigation. A precautionary landing was made in an industrial park. The acft collided with a stack of slate during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704EK
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078551
- Airframe hours
- 5,065
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wurtsboro Flight Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 31, 1986 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- BGM · Binghamton, NY
- Destination
- N82 · Wurtsboro, NY
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 56 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.