# NTSB NYC89LA052: Cessna 152, N24824, Pedricktown, NJ, December 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 20, 1988, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Pedricktown, NJ
- Location: 39.7356° N, 75.3977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spitfire Aerodrome (7N7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7356&lon=-75.3977&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36354/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA052

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DIRT BANK AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24824](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24824-2015-05-04), registration cancelled 2015-05-04, S/N 15280400, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280400
- Airframe hours: 2319
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Earl F. Mc Gu;Ire
- Registered owner: Thomas E. Kurtz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 6, 1988, 20 hours before
- Airport: 7N7, Old Mans, runway 24, 3,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 19,700 total, 15 in this make and model, 17,600 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19881220071039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881220071039A), Dec 20, 1988: Cessna 152, Pedrictown, NJ, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Left the runway and hit a ditch. CFI failed to prevent the incursion.

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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