- Date
- September 25, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Millbrook, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94228Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880925040269A
- Case key
- 36231
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 private plt-in-command was seated in the right seat and his commercial plt-pax was seated in the left seat. The plt in command was at the controls. The acft was on final apch. The plt said the wind was from 170 deg. He did not give the wind velocity. He said the carburetor heat was on, full flaps (30 deg) were deployed, and 60-65 KIAS apch speed maintained. The plt said aprx 1/2 to 3/4 mi from rwy threshold, acft assumed abnormal nose-low attitude. He corrected by adding pwr. He did not use elevator control because he did not want to induce a stall. Increased pwr had no effect on nose-low attitude. He added full pwr to go-around. He did not remember anything afterwards. Acft crashed 75 ft short and 60 ft left of rwy centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94228
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15228626
- Airframe hours
- 2,221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mac Dam Aviation
- Registered owner
- Charter Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 9, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 4B8 · Plainville, CT
- Destination
- 44N
- 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 131 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.