- Date
- November 24, 1987, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mendham, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5520HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871124083139A
- Case key
- 36067
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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 flight instructor had simulated an engine failure. The instructor pulled the throttle to idle and the student went through the checklist procedure for emergency landing. When the student plt applied power for the go-around the engine restarted for about 5-10 seconds but then quit again. The aircraft touched down on the main gear followed by the nose wheel, dug into the sod, and flipped over. The pilots extinguished the post-accident fire. The aircraft was being operated in conditions conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5520H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284110
- Airframe hours
- 2,587
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tag Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- MMU · Morristown, NJ
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 500 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- 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.