# NTSB NYC88LA130: Beech 35, N4528V, New Haven, CT, April 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1988, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36140
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36140/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, standing - starting engine(s)
  - throttle/power lever - not safetied (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

DURING ENGINE START THE THROTTLE JAMMED IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION AND COULD NOT BE PULLED BACK TO THE IDLE POSITION TO RETARD THE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING AND COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM REVEALED A NUT THAT HAD NOT BEEN SAFETIED HAD BACKED OFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4528V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4528V), registered now, S/N D-1352, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-1352
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frederick A. Basserman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: HVN, Tweed-New Haven, runway 20, 5,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,617 total, 11 in this make and model, 2,617 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880425009919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880425009919A), Apr 25, 1988: Beech 35BEECH, New Haven, CT, Substantial damage. Full throttle overpowered brakes on starting. Aircraft hit parked aircraft. Jam nut on throttle backed off.

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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