NYC88LA241 · Cessna 152
Mac Dam Aviation Cessna 152 · Accident: in flight collision with terrain/water on approach
From Robertson Field (4B8) to 44N
Event
- NTSB case
- NYC88LA241
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Cessna 152
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N94228
- Operator
- Mac Dam Aviation
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Robertson Field (4B8), Plainville, CTTo 44N
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Approach · VFR pattern final
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- In flight collision with terrain/water
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Proper glidepath, not maintained
- Pilot in command › Remedial action, improper
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
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.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record NYC88LA241
- Event ID
- 20001213X26916
- Case number
- NYC88LA241
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 183e9f31a1d2eccd7dc66efde53b36fe14c3076865d4d2053d90489ef3775e95; retrieved 2026-09-22T00:24:04.868Z.