- Date
- November 7, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Groucester Twsp, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6385MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871107066779A
- Case key
- 36057
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a cross country training flight. He stated that the VOR was inoperative but he recognized the VOR by a road that passed near it. The pilot became disoriented and was not able to locate a checkpoint. He descended to 1500 feet, spotted a field and decided to land. However on landing he came in too fast and the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and collided with a telephone pole and a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6385M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284702
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert Lewis Flight School
- Registered owner
- Albert Lewis Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar, NJ
- Destination
- 17N · Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport
- Watson'S Airstrip
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 3 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 27 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N6385M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.