- Date
- October 31, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Millbrook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8362GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871031083129A
- Case key
- 36050
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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 aircraft had just become airborne when power fluctuation occurred. On the second power loss, carburetor heat was applied but the engine lost power completely. The instructor pilot was making a turn back towards the airport when the wing contacted trees and the aircraft crashed into the pond off the end of the runway. Post acc samples of water from the carburetor were analyzed and found to be different from the pond water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8362G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062462
- Airframe hours
- 4,360
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Ababy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1987
- Airport
- 44N · Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,885 × 20 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,725 total · 500 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.