# NTSB NYC88LA240: Cessna 150, N3099X, Burlington, CT, September 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Burlington, CT
- Location: 41.7693° N, 72.9645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7693&lon=-72.9645&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36230/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA240

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE MOUNTAIN ARPT. PATWAS INDICATED THE WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 KTS. GUSTS WERE NOT REPORTED. THE PLT MADE HER APCH AT 70 MPH IAS AND WITH 20 DEG OF FLAPS DEPLOYED. AS SHE FLARED THE ACFT, SHE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT AND CORRECTED WITH PWR AND RIGHT RUDDER. AS SHE FLARED THE ACFT A SECOND TIME, SHE ENCOUNTERED A 'HEAVY' GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN ACFT WITH RWY BUT 'NEEDED SOME AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE.' SHE APPLIED FULL PWR TO GO AROUND. ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SMALL TREE AND OVERTURNED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3099X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3099X-2012-09-25), registration cancelled 2012-09-25, S/N 15064499, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064499
- Airframe hours: 1876
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Karie L. Parker
- Registered owner: Karie L Parker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 15, 1988, 31 hours before
- Departed: 7B6, WAREHOUSE POINT, CT
- Destination: 22B
- Airport: 22B, Johnnycake, runway 1, 3,420 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 111 total, 107 in this make and model, 52 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 15 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19880924040119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880924040119A), Sep 24, 1988: Cessna 150F, Burlington, CT, Destroyed. Allowed aircraft to drift off runway on crosswind landing. Tried go around but hit small trees,rocks and nosed over

## Other investigations on N3099X (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC68D0060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68D0060), Jul 11, 1967: Cessna 150 (N3099X), Shirley, MA, destroyed

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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