- Date
- October 31, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Linden, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N758YRCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861031083849A
- Case key
- 30552
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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 flight experienced an engine power loss during cruise. Pwr was restored and the acft proceeded the pilot was able to return to the airport and made a soft field landing, collapsing the nose wheel during landing roll. The reason for the pwr loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758YR
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1521016
- Airframe hours
- 2,054
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mistrial Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 20, 1986
- Departed
- Linden, NJ
- Destination
- ABE
- Airport
- LDJ · Linden, runway 9, 4,137 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 471 total · 109 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N758YR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.