- Date
- November 1, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sherburne, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93003Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901101048869A
- Case key
- 36837
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain adequate altitude to outclimb surrounding terrain.
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.
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While on a beaver site observation flight the pilot was unable to outclimb surrounding terrain and collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93003
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285375
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zm'S Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- NO3 · Cortland, NY
- Destination
- 01C · Norwich, NY
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,410 total · 620 in this make and model · 1,296 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °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.