- Date
- May 14, 1987, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edgartown, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24806Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870514013119A
- Case key
- 30647
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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 plt rprtd that after he entered the pattern to land on rwy 24, the winds rapidly shifted from a slight x-wind to more of a tail wind. Subsequently, the acft touched down long, went off the left side of the rwy, hit some bushes & nosed over. Rwy 24 was 2700 ft long & 50 ft wide. Rwy 17 was available & was 3000 ft long & 150 ft wide. The plt rprtd the wind was from 150 deg at 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24806
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280389
- Airframe hours
- 1,771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillips Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1B6 · Hopedale, MA
- Destination
- 1B2
- Airport
- 1B2 · Katama, runway 24, 2,700 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 66 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.