# NTSB NYC87LA028: Cessna 152, N758YR, Linden, NJ, October 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINDEN (LDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA028

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758YR-1998-09-11), registration cancelled 1998-09-11, S/N A1521016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1521016
- Airframe hours: 2054
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861031083849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861031083849A), Oct 31, 1986: Cessna A152, Linden, NJ, Substantial damage. The nose gear collapsed on landing. The pilot had damaged the nose wheel on an earlier landing.

## Other investigations on N758YR (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 NYC98LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA037), Dec 2, 1997: Cessna A152 (N758YR), Moriches, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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