- Date
- May 8, 1990, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6202QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900508020029A
- Case key
- 36641
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI). Related to the accident was the cfi's lack of experience as an instructor.
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 instructor (CFI) & student were performing max performance takeoffs. Just after liftoff, the CFI decided the aircraft would not clear the trees at the airport boundary. He aborted the takeoff and landed back onto the runway with about a quarter of the runway remaining. The aircraft skidded off the end and into a pile of rocks. Inspection of the aircraft revealed no discrepancies with the aircraft prior to the accident. The CFI had only 32 hours as an instructor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6202Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth Forester, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- MGJ
- Airport
- 4N1 · Greenwood Lakes, runway 20, 2,300 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 156 in this make and model · 341 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.