# NTSB NYC87LA003: Cessna 150, N94457, Buxton, ME, October 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 2, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Buxton, ME
- Location: 43.6379° N, 70.5189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buxton, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6379&lon=-70.5189&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA003

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - wet
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS MAKING A SHORT FIELD LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHICH WAS GRASS COVERED AND WET. THE PILOT CAME IN TOO HIGH AND LONG AND ONCE ON THE GROUND, SKIDDED TO A STOP BETWEEN TWO TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94457](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94457-1993-04-30), registration cancelled 1993-04-30, S/N 15285679 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285679
- Airframe hours: 1012
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Scott P. Orr
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1985, 34 hours before
- Departed: LIMINGTON, ME
- Destination: PORTLAND, ME
- Airport: Private Strip, runway 27, 1,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 577 total, 132 in this make and model, 414 as pilot in command, 119 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 19861002047809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861002047809A), Oct 2, 1986: Cessna 152, Buxton, ME, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the wet grass runway and hit trees. The pilot made a long touchdown on an unfamiliar runway.

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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