# NTSB NYC87LA048: Cessna 150, N50714, Poestenkill, NY, December 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1986, 10:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place: Poestenkill, NY
- Coordinates: 42.689834, -73.559257 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6898&lon=-73.5593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30570
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30570/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, ADDED POWER FOR A GO AROUND. SLUGGISH ENGINE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE PLT AFTER THE ACC SAID THAT AFTER CUTTING OFF THE CARB HEAD THE ENG SEEMED SLUGGISH. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PLT STATED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSP THAT HE REACHED FOR THE THROTTLE AND CUT THE 'GAS OFF' BY MISTAKE. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ENG WERE FOUND FOUND AFTER THE ACC.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50714](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50714-2013-04-12), registration cancelled 2013-04-12, S/N 15069501, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069501
- Airframe hours: 4815
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Schodack Aviation Assoc.,Inc.
- Registered owner: Schodack Aviation Assoc. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 29, 1986, 4 hours before
- Departed: 5B7, POESTENKILL, NY
- Airport: 5B7, Rensselaer, runway 18, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 762 total, 161 in this make and model, 585 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Temperature: 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19861206086709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861206086709A), Dec 6, 1986: Cessna 150J, Troy, NY, Substantial damage. Tha aircraft hit trees during an attempted go around. Suspect the pilot advanced the throttle too rapidly.

## Other investigations on N50714 (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 NYC72FNA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FNA28), Jan 17, 1972: Cessna 150J (N50714), Lincoln, RI, substantial damage

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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